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. 2013 Nov 8;12:50. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-12-50

Table 6.

Geocoding system cost metrics

Cost metric Description
Software license cost ($)
Price of licensing the software
Reference data layer cost ($)
Additional costs for licensing reference data
Support contract cost ($)
Cost of support contract
FTE support cost ($)
Cost of full time equivalent support (in-house)
FTE development cost ($)
Cost of full time equivalent development (in-house)
FTE maintenance cost ($)
Cost of full time equivalent maintenance (in-house)
FTE training cost ($)
Cost of full time equivalent training (in-house)
FTE specialized skills (Y/N) Full time equivalent specialization required (in-house)