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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2218-3620</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Universidad y Sociedad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Universidad y Sociedad]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2218-3620</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial "Universo Sur"]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2218-36202018000200158</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Uso de sistemas de información geográfica libres para la protección del medio ambiente. Caso de estudio: manipulación de mapas ráster con datos climáticos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Use of free geographical information systems for the protection of the environment. Case study: raster map management with climate data]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Romel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Metropolitana del Ecuador  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>República del Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>158</fpage>
<lpage>164</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2218-36202018000200158&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2218-36202018000200158&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2218-36202018000200158&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Los Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) se han convertido en una herramienta esencial en muchas áreas relacionadas con la gestión del territorio, incluyendo los procesos de análisis demográfico, protección del medio ambiente, y aplicaciones de urbanismo y gestión de recursos. La visualización y análisis de datos científicos reviste asimismo vital importancia en la organización y planificación del territorio. En este trabajo se presentan las principales características de algunos SIG basados en software libre, se muestran las posibilidades que poseen para el cálculo de estadísticos simples en secuencias temporales de mapas raster. Se presenta un caso de estudio con datos climáticos de Cataluña, España. Se desarrolló un módulo para Sextante que de conjunto con gvSIG facilitan el cálculo de estadísticos simples sobre secuencias de mapas ráster.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become an essential tool in many areas related to land management, including the processes of demographic analysis, environmental protection, planning applications and resource management. Visualization and analysis of scientific data is also of vital importance in the organization and planning of the land. This paper presents the main characteristics of some free software-based GIS, the potential they have for the simple statistical calculation of temporal sequences of rástermaps is showed. We present a case study with weather data from Catalonia, Spain. We developed a module for Sextante which together with gvSIG facilitate the calculation of simple statistics on sequences of rástermaps.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sistemas de información geográfica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[software libre]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[código abierto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[meteorología]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sextante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[geovisualización]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Geographic Information Systems]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[free software]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[open source]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[meteorology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sextante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[geovisualization]]></kwd>
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