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A big debate in geospatial is between using traditional GIS versus open source tools. There are effectively two different worlds. In this video we explore how we got here, and if this is a debate even worth having?

0:00 Intro
1:14 Traditional GIS
2:16 Open source
3:52 Why do we have a divide?
5:15 Are they really so different?
6:11 Better together
7:59 What this has to do with Ted Lasso

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