ABSTRACT

At a time when various technical possibilities are available for the acquisition, management, and updating of geoinformation, it is important to consider cost aspects. Scientists have generally been reluctant to make cost comparisons. ey left suggestions to the forces of the market. But in the past, the geoinformation technologies followed slow traditional developments in the disciplines concerned. In the rapidly changing technology of today, cost considerations are important to judge which methodology is best utilized for a certain application.