A Concise Guide to Open Source GIS Software

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This page does not exist because it's impossible to create one.

How about an attempt all the same? This covers only projects that I am interested in.

Perhaps I should draw this as a MAP

Map servers

name requires url
ArcIMS
(for comparison)
http://www.esri.com/
GeoServer
MapGuide FDO http://mapguide.osgeo.org/
MapServer proj4

WFS WMS

Map server front ends

name frontend for
mapbender mapserver
cartoweb mapserver

What is OpenLayers?

Database Backends

MySQL PostgreSQL/Postgis

Desktop GIS

ArcGIS (for comparison) um. The Spanish one? It's called... um. The Brazillian one? ... QGIS what else

Other SDK's and Toolkits

name language requires
FDO
OGR/GDAL C Proj4
GeoTools Java JTS
Grass C
JTS Java
Proj4 C
SharpMap C#