Innovative Software Development in GIS

Glossary

Institutes, organizations, and societies

CEMAGREF, http://www.cemagref.fr/

French Environment Science and Technology Research Institute, recently became IRSTEA “Institut de recherche en sciences et technologie pour l'environnement et l'agriculture”.

CIRAD, http://www.cirad.fr/

French International Cooperation Center on Agricultural Research for Development.

CNRS, http://www.cnrs.fr/

French National Scientific Research Center.

IGN, http://www.ign.fr/

Formerly “Institut Géographique National” (French National Mapping Agency), the IGN merged with the National Forest Inventory (IFN) on January 1, 2012 to become the National Institute for Geographical and Forest Information.

INA, http://www.ina.fr/

French National Audiovisual Institute.

INRA, http://www.inra.fr/

French National Agronomic Research Institute.

INRIA, http://www.inria.fr/

French National Institute for Computer Science and Automation Research.

IRD, http://www.ird.fr/

French Institute of Research for Development.

ISO, http://www.iso.org/iso/fr/ ISO, International Organization for Standardization, is an international organization aiming to define norms in various fields.

MAPINFO®, http://www.pbinsight.com/welcome/mapinfo/ MAPINFO, now called Pitney Bowes Business Insight, is a private software publishing company, which has notably published the MAPINFO piece of GIS software.

OGC®, http://www.opengeospatial.org/

OGC, Open Geospatial Consortium, is an international consortium bringing together industrial actors, ...