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gvSIG Educa
gvSIG Educa
 

gvSIG Educa has the following characteristics:

  • Provides a tool for educators to help students with the analysis and understanding of space.
  • The ability to adapt to different educational levels.
  • Not only applicable to matters of geography. Useful for learning history, economics, natural science, sociology...
  • Facilitates learning through interaction with information.
  • Dynamic spatial relationships.
  • Concepts easier to digest (thematic maps).
  • Great analytical capability.
  • Allows access to data available on the Internet through so-called standard OGC services / Spatial Data Infrastructure services.
  • It is designed to be easily extensible, allowing for continuous improvement of the application, as well as for sharing exercises and information between teachers and students.
  • Development is based on principles of collaboration and solidarity.
  • Is free software, licensed under the GNU/GPL, which allows for free use, distribution, study and improvement of the software.
  • It is available in several languages.
  • It is developed with Java and therefore cross-platform: Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

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