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14/09/59 1 โปรแกรมระบบภม สารสนเทศ โปรแกรมระบบภม สารสนเทศ REMOTE SENSING & GIS SOFTWARE โปรแกรมระบบภ มสารสนเทศ โปรแกรมระบบภ มสารสนเทศ ดร .ฐนิตา เสือป่า [email protected] สํานักพัฒนาและถ่ายทอดองค์ความรู Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) โปรแกรมระบบภูมิสารสนเทศ Commercial SW Open Source SW ERDAS IMAGINE QGIS Autodesk GRASS GIS ArcGIS ILWIS ENVI SAGA GIS Global Mapper MapWindow GIS IDRISI Capaware MapInfo TerraView

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โปรแกรมระบบภมสิารสนเทศโปรแกรมระบบภมสิารสนเทศ

REMOTE SENSING & GIS SOFTWARE

โปรแกรมระบบภมูสารสนเทศโปรแกรมระบบภมูสารสนเทศ

ดร.ฐนิตา เสือป่า[email protected]

สาํนักพ ัฒนาและถ่ายทอดองค์ความรู้Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)

โปรแกรมระบบภมูิสารสนเทศ

Commercial SW Open Source SWERDAS IMAGINE QGISAutodesk GRASS GISArcGIS ILWISENVI SAGA GISGlobal Mapper MapWindow GISIDRISI CapawareMapInfo TerraView

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1 ArcGIS (ESRI)

• The functionality

A Gl b A GIS P A M (B i Edit

Commercial Community 100 Research 100 Employer 100 Popularity 100

• ArcGlobe, ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap (Basic, Editor and ArcInfo), 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst, Geostatistics, Network Analyst, etc. – Do you want job security?

– Do you want to publish a research paper?

Do you want to connect with GIS professionals?– Do you want to connect with GIS professionals?

ArcGIS DesktopArcGIS Desktop ApplicationApplication

โปรแกรมปฏบิตักิาร โปรแกรมปฏบิตักิาร : ARCGIS: ARCGIS

ArcGIS DesktopArcGIS Desktop

ArcEditorArcEditorArcInfoArcInfo

ArcViewArcView

ApplicationApplication

ArcCatalogArcCatalog

ArcMapArcMap

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ArcToolboxArcToolbox

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ArcMap โปรแกรมจัดการกับแผนท่ี(แสดงผล สืบค้น ปรับแก้ข้อมล)

ArcCatalog

ArcToolbox

โปรแกรมจดัการกบัข้อมลู(แสดงตวัอย่างข้อมลู จดัการฐานข้อมลู)

(แสดงผล สบคน ปรบแกขอมูล)

โปรแกรมจดัการวิเคราะห์ข้อมลArcToolbox โปรแกรมจดการวเคราะหขอมลู(วิเคราะห์และแปลงข้อมลู)

- การแสดงผลข้อมูลแผนท่ี- สร้างและจัดการป้ายข้อมูล- การสืบค้นข้อมูลเชิงพ้ืนท่ีและข้อมูลเชิงตาราง- แก้ไขข้อมูล Shapefile- วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วย Geoprocessing- การสร้างแบบจําลอง Model Builder- สร้างกราฟรายงาน

ArcView ArcView

ArcGIS ArcGIS DesktopDesktop

- ครอบคลุมฟังก์ชั่นการทํางานของ Arcview ท้ังหมด- เพ่ิมความสามารถ คือ สร้างและแก้ไขข้อมูลในรูปแบบ Geodatabase- มีเครื่องมือในการแก้ไขข้ันสูง- ตรวจสอบความถูกต้องข้อมูลด้วย Topology - รองรับการแก้ไขข้อมูลแบบหลายผู้ใช้พร้อมกัน- ส่งออกข้อมูลในองค์กรไปทํางานในภาคสนามและนํากลับมาปรับปรุงฐานข้อมูลในองค์กรได้

ArcEditorArcEditor

A fA f- ครอบคลุมฟังก์ชั่นการทํางานของ ArcEditor ท้ังหมด- มีเครื่องมือ Geoprocessing ทุกคําสั่งอย่างสมบูรณ์ - ยังสามารถแก้ไขข้อมูลประเภท Coverage file ได้

ArcInfoArcInfo

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2 QGIS (Quantum GIS)

• The accelerating use in QGIS represents the most significant open source technology adoption in GIS

Open Source Community 100 Research 17 Employer 4 Popularity 31.8

significant open source technology adoption in GIS today.

• It’s free GIS software developed by a community of dedicated volunteers.

• With QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS), you create, edit, visualize, analyze and publish geospatial information without a costwithout a cost.

• FOSS stands for Free and OpenSource Software. FOSS is what QGIS is all about.

• มีหน้าตาโปรแกรมคล้าย ArcGIS ใช้งานง่าย

• เรียกใช้งานทัง้ข้อมลู Raster และ Vector

• แก้ไข ข้อมลู Shape file format ได้

• สามารถเช่ือมโยงกบั GRASS ได้• 400. This is the number of plugins QGIS has to offer.

• Integrate your CAD data, generate heat maps and add OpenStreetMap and Bing layers in a flash. p p g y

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The advantages and disadvantages

• Large user base, 64-bit background geoprocessing, plugins, quality cartography, widely believed as bestplugins, quality cartography, widely believed as best open source option, stunningly beautiful options for labeling objects, free GIS software

• 27 Differences Between ArcGIS and QGIS Th M t E i GIS S ftQGIS – The Most Epic GIS Software Battle in GIS History.

• Open Source QGIS Guide and Review.

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3 GRASS GIS

• GRASS GIS (Geographic Resource Analysis Support System) was developed by the US Army Corps of

Open Source Community 38 Research 85 Employer 2 Popularity 25.6

System) was developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers and is a free alternative to commercial GIS software.

• GRASS GIS brings advanced geospatial concepts to the world.

• It’s popular in academic circles because open source code b i t d d t il d t th i dcan be inspected and tailored to their needs.

• 350. GRASS GIS offers this many modules for GIS analysis.

• This includes data management, image processing, graphics production, spatial modelling and visualization.

• Steep learning, good for LiDAR data, clunky UI, defining projects on start up extensive help

The advantages and disadvantages

defining projects on start-up, extensive help documentation, batch processing, network analysis, interoperability.

• GRASS GIS – Geographic Resources Analysis Support System.

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4 MapInfo

• Usability means productivity

Commercial Community 22 Research 15 Employer 6 Popularity 11.6

• Beginner to advanced level users can do more with added functionality.

• The only competitors to ESRI in the commercial GIS market.

• create, manage and visualize GIS data with a smaller price tag

• Locational intelligence detailed mapping data analysis• Locational intelligence, detailed mapping, data analysis, pattern & trend identification.

• The MapInfo GIS Suite lets you create, access and manage geospatial assets, visualize business intelligence and customer data, and share high-quality interactive maps –quickly and easily.

• Ease of use, 64-bit processing, better table management querying side by side mapping

The advantages and disadvantages

management, querying, side-by-side mapping, geological mapping, lower cartographical output, poor format support, less expensive, clone tool, MapBasic

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5 Global Mapper (Blue Marble)

• A cost-effective commercial product

• “Swiss army knife” in GIS analysis. It’s straight forward

Commercial Community 15 Research 2 Employer 2 Popularity 5.2

but also has an incredible amount of flexibility.

• Global Mapper was originally developed by USGS to display topographic maps (.DRG) and digital elevation models (.DEM).

• It allows users to view, edit, merge and export hundreds of supported file formats.

• Global Mapper is an affordable and easy-to-use GIS application that offers access to an unparalleled variety of spatial datasets and provides just the right level of functionality to satisfy both experienced GIS professionals and beginning users.

• Global Mapper hasn’t strayed too far away from its original purpose of working with elevation data. Its

The advantages and disadvantages

original purpose of working with elevation data. Its primary applications include area calculations, viewshedanalysis, watershed delineation, contour lines, 3D viewing, rectification tool, GPS support, GIS mapping, digitization, etc.

• Working with elevation, LiDAR data, cost-effective, reads large number of formats, poor symbolization and printlarge number of formats, poor symbolization and print layout, geodatabase support

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6 GeoMedia(Intergraph/Hexagon Geospatial)

• With a 40 year history, Intergraph (now Hexagon Geospatial) has evolved into a prime GIS software

Commercial Community 6 Research 5 Employer 5 Popularity 4.4

Geospatial) has evolved into a prime GIS software solution for security, government, infrastructure and more.

• Intergraph is solution-driven and provides real-world GIS applications.

• Intergraph GeoMedia is a vector and raster-based GIS software productsoftware product.

• It’s a mature GIS software program for data collection, analysis or management that delivers actionable intelligence.

• Actionable intelligence in transportation, utilities, communications and emergency management.

• Data maintenance, multiple layouts, fast querying and analysis on the fly projections

The advantages and disadvantages

querying and analysis, on-the-fly projections, web-based and all-purpose mapping, high government use, surfaces and terrain models

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7 Manifold System (Manifold)

• It consists of a desktop application, an object library for programmers and an Internet Map Server.

Commercial Community 7 Research 12 Employer 0 Popularity 4.2

programmers and an Internet Map Server.

• The small price you pay for a good set of GIS processing and data management tools.

• An intuitive interface, programmability and running in 64-bit

• Manifold GIS is a combination of mapping, CAD, DBMSManifold GIS is a combination of mapping, CAD, DBMS and image processing. The hallmark of GIS is the power of using a visual interface to view, grab, analyze, manipulate and transform data

• Stable, intuitive GUI, wide range of f ti bilit ti l 64 bit

The advantages and disadvantages

functions, programmability, natively 64-bit, low price, minimal cartographical tools available

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8 SAGA GIS

• “System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses”

S i li i hi h l l h i l h

Open Source Community 15 Research 4 Employer 0 Popularity 4.0

• Specializes in higher-level physical geography applications.

• SAGA gives geoscientists an effective but easy learnable platform for the implementation of geoscientific methods

• Standard modules on SAGA GIS are for raster visualization and terrain datavisualization and terrain data

• Over 300 modules exist ranging from manipulating raster and vector data to storing, managing and creating spatial data

• Multiple windows (histograms, attribute data, map view, print layout, scatter plots and properties)

• Terrain data, physical geography, open source, raster and vector data command line interpreter

The advantages and disadvantages

raster and vector data, command line interpreter, poor cartography, line and point symbology.

• SAGA GIS (System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses) Review and Guide

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9 Smallworld(General Electric)

• Telecommunications or utilities

• Managing network infrastructures

Commercial Community 1 Research 8 Employer 3 Popularity 3.8

• Managing network infrastructures

• Object-oriented, database-driven product

• Planning electric, gas and water distribution systems, designing telecommunications networks and evaluating strategic market opportunities

• Open data accessibility and scalable architecture GE Smallworld enables data access and querying, thematic mapping and visualization.

• It offers spatial analysis tools like buffering, proximity measurements and network analysis

• Network infrastructure, Magik code, spatial tools, specialized software versioning

The advantages and disadvantages

specialized software, versioning

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10 ILWIS

• Integrated Land and Water Information System

It t t d d l t i th N th l d d

Open Source Community 12 Research 3 Employer 0 Popularity 3.2

• It started development in the Netherlands and later became free GIS software.

• It’s similar in many respects to GRASS- vector, raster processing with practical tools.

• Advanced techniques are erosion modeling and t i i t ILWIS iraster image processing may put ILWIS in your

peripheral vision.

• Image processing, digitization, visualization of stereo image pairs WMS extensive help

The advantages and disadvantages

stereo image pairs, WMS, extensive help documentation

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11. IDRISI12. AutoCAD Map 3D and Autodesk Geospatial p p

(Autodesk)13. GeoDa14. gvSIG15. Bentley Map16. Golden Software (MapViewer, Surfer and Didger)17. uDig – user-friendly Desktop GIS18. MapWindow GIS19. Maptitude (Caliper Corporation)20. MapMaker Pro (MapMaker)

Notable Commercial or Proprietary GIS Software

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Desktop GIS

• Autodesk – Products that interface with its flagship AutoCAD software package include Map 3D, Topobase, and MapGuide.

• Bentley Systems Products that interface with its flagship MicroStation software• Bentley Systems – Products that interface with its flagship MicroStation software package include Bentley Map and Bentley Map View.

• ENVI – Utilized for image analysis, exploitation, and hyperspectral analysis.

• ERDAS IMAGINE by ERDAS Inc – Products include Leica Photogrammetry Suite, ERDAS ER Mapper, ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK (ECW (file format)) are used throughout the entire mapping community (GIS, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, and image compression) and ERDAS APOLLO.

• Esri – Products include ArcMap, ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcIMS, ArcWeb services andArcGIS Server.

• Intergraph – Products include G/Technology, GeoMedia, GeoMediaProfessional,GeoMedia WebMap, and add-on products for industry sectors, as well asphotogrammetry.

• MapInfo by Pitney Bowes Software – Powerful desktop GIS MapInfo Professional is enhanced with many plug-ins including MapInfo Drivetime for route analysis, MapInfo Engage 3D for 3D and statistical analysis, MapInfo MapMarker for Geocoding.

• Smallworld – developed in Cambridge, England (Smallworld, Inc.) and purchased byGeneral Electric. Used primarily by public utilities.

Companies with minor but notable market share

• Cadcorp – Products include Cadcorp SIS, GeognoSIS, mSIS and developer kits.

• Caliper – Products include Maptitude, TransModeler and TransCAD.

• Conform by GameSim – Software for fusing and visualizing elevation, imagery, vectors, and LiDAR. The fused environment can be exported into 3D formats for gaming, simulation, and urban planning.[6]

• Dragon/ips – Remote sensing software with GIS capabilities• Dragon/ips – Remote sensing software with GIS capabilities.

• Geosoft – GIS and data processing software used in natural resource exploration.

• GeoTime – software for 3D visual analysis and reporting of location data over time; anArcGIS extension is also available.

• Global Mapper – GIS software package currently developed by Blue Marble Geographics; originally based on USGS dlgv32 source code.

• Golden Software – GIS and scientific software for a wide variety of professional geological applications. Products include Surfer for gridding and contouring, MapViewerfor thematic mapping and spatial analysis, Strater for well or borehole logging and cross sections, Voxler for true 3D well and component mapping, Didger for digitizing and coordinate conversion, and Grapher for 2D and 3D graphing.

• IDRISI – GIS and Image Processing product developed by Clark Labs at Clark University. Affordable and robust, it is used for both operations and education.

• Kongsberg Gallium Ltd. – Products include InterMAPhics and InterView. High performance GIS visualization and analytics toolkits supporting multiple platforms, including flavors of Unix, Windows and Android. Primarily intended for mission critical visualizations

• MapDotNet Framework written in C#/ NET for building WPF Silverlight and HTML5 applications• MapDotNet – Framework written in C#/.NET for building WPF, Silverlight, and HTML5 applications.

• Manifold System – GIS software package.

• CitySurf Globe – Server based 3D GIS software, developed by PiriReis.

• Netcad – Desktop and web based GIS products developed by Ulusal CAD ve GIS Çözümleri A.Ş..

• RegioGraph by GfK GeoMarketing – GIS software for business planning and analyses; company also provides compatible maps and market data.

• RemoteView by Overwatch – RemoteView is one of the most widely used imagery analysis tools within the US government to collect geospatial intelligence.

• SuperMap Inc. – a professional GIS software provider that offers Desktop, Component, Web, and Mobile GIS for global markets.

• TNTmips by MicroImages – a professional system integrating desktop GIS, advanced image processing, 2D-3D-stereo visualization, desktop cartography, geospatial database management, and webmap publishing.

• GIS as a service[ed

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GIS as a service• AArcGIS Online ; ESRI's cloud based version of ArcGIS

• CartoDB ; Online mapping platform who offers an open source, cloud based SaaS model

• SaaS – Software as a Service: Software available as a service onSaaS Software as a Service: Software available as a service on the Internet

• .rcGIS Online [7]

– CartoDB [8]

– Mapbox – provider of custom online maps for websites

• PaaS – Platform as a Service: Geocoding or analysis/processing services

– Google Maps Javascript API version 3 [9]g p p

– Microsoft Bing Geocode Dataflow API [10]

– US Census Geocoder [11]

• DaaS – Data as a Service: data or content services– Apple Maps [12]

– Google Maps [13]

– OpenStreetMap [14]

– Microsoft Bing Maps [15]

Spatial DBMS• Boeing's Spatial Query Server – Spatially enables Sybase ASE.

• DB2 – Allows spatial querying and storing of most spatial data types.

• Informix – Allows spatial querying and storing of most spatial data types.

• MySQL – Allows spatial querying and storing of most spatial data types.

• Microsoft SQL Server (2008 and later) – The latest player in the market of storing and queryingMicrosoft SQL Server (2008 and later) The latest player in the market of storing and querying spatial data. GIS products such as MapInfo and Cadcorp SIS can read and edit this data while ESRI and others are expected to be able to read and edit this data within the next few months.

• Oracle Spatial – Product allows users to perform complex geographic operations and store common spatial data types in a native Oracle environment. Most commercial GIS packages can read and edit spatial data stored in this way.

• PostGIS – A mature set of extensions to the free PostgreSQL database.

• SAP HANA - Allows users to store common spatial data types, load spatial data files with well-known text (WKT) and well-known binary (WKB) formats and perform spatial processing using SQL. Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) certification allows third party GIS software providers to store and process spatial data. GIS products such as ArcGIS from ESRI woks with p p p pHANA.[16]

• Teradata – Teradata geospatial allows storage and spatial analysis on location-based data which is stored using native geospatial data-types within the Teradata database.

• VMDS – Version managed data store from Smallworld.

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Geospatial Internet of Things

• SensorUp -- SensorUp provides the Cloud hosting and SDKs based on the Openhosting and SDKs, based on the Open Geospatial Consortium SensorThingsAPI standard, allowing developers to build applications that connects with Internet of Things sensor observations and tasking. SensorUp'sOGC standard-based platform includes sensor pdata, analytics, and mapping SDK.

Spatial data transformation tools

• Safe Software – Spatial ETL productsSafe Software Spatial ETL products including FME Desktop, FME Server and theArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension.

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Open source software

Desktop GIS

• GRASS GIS – Originally developed by theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers: a complete GIS.

• gvSIG – Written in Java. Runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows.

• ILWIS (Integrated Land and Water Information System) – Integrates image,ILWIS (Integrated Land and Water Information System) Integrates image, vector and thematic data.

• JUMP GIS / OpenJUMP ((Open) Java Unified Mapping Platform) – The desktop GISs OpenJUMP, SkyJUMP, deeJUMP andKosmo all emerged from JUMP.[3]

• MapWindow GIS – Free desktop application and programming component.

• QGIS (previously known as Quantum GIS) – Runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows.

SAGA GIS (S t f A t t d G i tifi A l i ) A h b id GIS• SAGA GIS (System for Automated Geoscientific Analysis) –- A hybrid GIS software. Has a unique Application Programming Interface (API) and a fast-growing set of geoscientific methods, bundled in exchangeable Module Libraries.

• uDig – API and source code (Java) available.

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• Capaware – A C++ 3D GIS Framework with a multiple plugin architecture for geographic graphical analysis and visualizationvisualization.

• FalconView – A mapping system created by the Georgia Tech Research Institute for the Windows family of operating systems. A free, open source version is available.

• Kalypso – Uses Java and GML3. Focuses mainly on numerical simulations in water management.

• TerraView – Handles vector and raster data stored in a relational or geo-relational database, i.e. a frontend f T Libfor TerraLib.

• Whitebox GAT – Cross-platform, free and open-source GIS software.

Other geospatial tools

Web map serversG S W i i J d li G T l• GeoServer – Written in Java and relies on GeoTools. Allows users to share and edit geospatial data.

• MapGuide Open Source – Runs on Linux or Windows, supports Apache and IIS web servers, and has APIs (PHP, .NET, Java, and JavaScript) for application development.

• Mapnik – C++/Python library for rendering - used by OpenStreetMap.

• MapServer – Written in C. Developed by the University of Minnesota.

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Spatial database management systems

• PostGIS – Spatial extensions for the open source PostgreSQL database allowingsource PostgreSQL database, allowing geospatial queries.

• SpatiaLite – Spatial extensions for the open source SQLite database, allowing geospatial queries.

• TerraLib Provides advanced functions for GIS• TerraLib – Provides advanced functions for GIS analysis.

Software development frameworks and libraries (for web applications)

G B (T l i GIS ft ) G ti l i• GeoBase (Telogis GIS software) – Geospatial mapping software available as a Software development kit, which performs various functions including address lookup, mapping, routing, reverse geocoding, and navigation. Suited for high transaction enterprise environments.

• Geomajas – Open source development software for web-based and cloud based GIS applications.

• OpenLayers – Open source AJAX library for accessing hi d t l f ll ki d i i ll d l d dgeographic data layers of all kinds, originally developed and

sponsored by MetaCarta.• Leafletjs – Open-Source JavaScript Library for Mobile-

Friendly Interactive Maps• Cesium – An open-source JavaScript library for world-class

3D globes and maps

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Software development frameworks and libraries (non-web)

• GeoTools – Open source GIS toolkit written in Java, using Open Geospatial Consortiumspecifications.

• GDAL / OGR

• Orfeo toolboxOrfeo toolbox

Cataloging application for spatially referenced resources

• GeoNetwork opensource – A catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources

• pycsw – pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python

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Other tools

• Chameleon – Environments for building applications with MapServerMapServer

• MapPoint – A technology ("MapPoint Web Service", previously known as MapPoint .NET) and a specific computer program created by Microsoft that allows users to view, edit and integrate maps. MapPoint was discontinued on 12/31/2014

• What’s Next?

• Quality is often, but not always, a cause of popularity.

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“Applying geography to everything

ill h ld’will change our world’.

• What is the secret to Esri’s success? Cartographical output, functionality, large user community, stability, interoperability, scalability,

d li b i i t d tmodeling, web mapping, maintenance, data driven pages, high cost.

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