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A Survey of Open Source GIS

A detailed analysis of various open source GIS tools covering topics like frameworks, libraries, servers, Java applications, and standalone applications. Explore the capabilities and strengths of software such as QGIS, PostGIS, GeoServer, and more.

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A Survey of Open Source GIS

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  1. A Survey of Open Source GIS “The View from 30,000 Feet” or“A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep” Paul RamseyRefractions Research

  2. C Tribe UMN Mapserver GRASS OpenEV QGIS OGR/GDAL PROJ4 GEOS PostGIS Java Tribe GeoTools GeoServer DeeGree OpenMap JUMP uDig OpenGISWMS/WFS JDBC Two Tribes

  3. PostGIS GEOS OpenEV OSSIM OGR/GDAL GRASS Mapserver Proj4 QGIS GMT Thuban C Tribe

  4. C Libraries • GDAL • Raster Format Reader / Writer • OGR • Vector Format Reader / Writer • PROJ4 • Coordinate Reprojection • GEOS • Geometry Objects and Functions

  5. C Servers • Mapserver • OpenGIS Web Map Server • OpenGIS Web Feature Server • OGR / GDAL / PROJ4 • PostGIS / ArcSDE / OracleSpatial • PostGIS • OpenGIS Simple Features for SQL • PROJ4 / GEOS

  6. Mapserver TIFF PostGIS ArcSDE Oracle WMS Mapserver WFS Shape MapInfo WMS

  7. PostGIS WMSClient JUMP Internet WMS / WFS LAN PostGIS WFSClient QGIS

  8. Viewers Processors C Applications • OpenEV • QGIS • Thuban • GRASS • OSSIM • GMT

  9. OpenEV

  10. QGIS

  11. Thuban

  12. GRASS

  13. OSSIM OpenSourceSoftwareImage Map

  14. GMT • Generic Mapping Tools • UNIX Philosophy • Many small tools, chained together • Gridding, Contouring, Plotting • Surface Models

  15. Java Tribe JCS Conflation Suite OpenMap uDig / JUMP2 GeoServer JUMP Unified Mapping Platform GeoTools WKB4J DeeGree GML4J JTS Topology Suite

  16. Java Libraries • JTS Topology Suite • OpenGIS Geometries and Methods • GeoTools • Data Formats, Java GIS Toolkit • WKB4J • Java Well-Known Binary Reader / Writer • GML4J • Java GML Reader / Writer

  17. Standalone JTS Based Java Applications • OpenMap • DeeGree • JUMP / JCS • GeoServer • uDig

  18. OpenMap • Oldest Complete Java Toolkit • Telephone Company Project (BBN) • Design Application (not Data) Focused

  19. DeeGree • Academic Roots • Bonn University • Message Passing API • OpenGIS Standards • Server Focused (WMS, WFS, SLD)

  20. JUMP / JCS • Specialized Original Vision (Conflation) • General Purpose Tool • Editing, Processing, Transforming

  21. GeoServer • OpenGIS WFS-T • Web Feature Server - Transactional • OpenGIS WMS (Beta) • Database Datasources + Shape

  22. uDig • User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS • WFS, WMS, WRS • PostGIS, ArcSDE, OracleSpatial • Printing, Reprojection • Shape, GeoTIFF • GeoInnovations • Schedule

  23. Strengths Server Side Heterogeneous Environments Performance Standards Support Complex or Custom Applications Weaknesses Interactive Desktop Paper Production Lowest Common Denominator “Standard” Applications Summary

  24. Questions? 1 Mile 1 Inch

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