List of GIS software - OPENSOURCE

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Desktop GIS

The following open source desktop GIS projects are introduced in Steiniger and Bocher (2008/9)

  • GRASS – Originally developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, open source: a complete GIS
  • SAGA GIS – System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses- a hybrid GIS software. SAGA has a unique Application Programming Interface (API) and a fast growing set of geoscientifc methods, bundled in exchangeable Module Libraries.
  • Quantum GIS – QGIS is a user friendly Open Source GIS that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows.
  • MapWindow GIS – Free, open source GIS desktop application and programming component.
  • ILWIS – ILWIS (Integrated Land and Water Information System) integrates image, vector and thematic data.
  • uDig
  • gvSIG – Open source GIS written in Java.
  • JUMP GIS / OpenJUMP – (Open) Java Unified Mapping Platform (the desktop GIS OpenJUMP, SkyJUMP, deeJUMP and Kosmo emerged from JUMP; see

other:

  • Kalypso (software) – Kalypso is an Open Source GIS (Java, GML3) and focuses mainly on numerical simulations in water management.
  • TerraView – GIS desktop that handles vector and raster data stored in a relational or geo-relational database, i.e. a frontend for TerraLib.

Other GIS tools - classified

Note, for different categories of GIS tools see GIS software and

WebMap Server

  • MapServer – Web-based mapping server, developed by the University of Minnesota.
  • GeoServer

Spatial Database Management Systems

Software Development Frameworks and Libraries (non-web)

  • GeoTools – Open source GIS toolkit written in Java, using Open Geospatial Consortium specifications.
  • OpenMap
  • GDAL / OGR
  • Proj.4

Software Development Frameworks and Libraries (for web applications)

  • MapFish A web 2.0 mapping development framework.
  • OpenLayers – open source AJAX library for accessing geographic data layers of all kinds, originally developed and sponsored by MetaCarta
  • Geomajas – Open source web toolkit with full vectorial and attribute editing capabilities and support for complex relation models (1 to n, n to 1, inheritance, ...). Built on top of the Dojo AJAX framework.
Other GIS tools - unclassified
  • FIST – FIST (Flexible Internet Spatial Template)is a MapServer/PHP framework with several advanced functions, optionally use PostGIS in the backend so your users can edit and save shapes and attributes.
  • Chameleon – Environments for building applications with MapServer.
  • GeoNetwork opensource – A catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources
  • OpenMap
  • MapGuide Open Source – Web-based mapping server.
  • Xastir A special purpose Open Source GIS application used as an APRS client by Amateur radio operators, written in C for X Window environments.


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