A Concise Guide to Open Source GIS Software
From Wildsong
Well, this is my notes on what I am interested in...
Map servers
| name | requires | url |
| ArcIMS (for comparison) |
http://www.esri.com/ | |
| GeoServer | ||
| MapGuide | FDO | http://mapguide.osgeo.org/ |
| MapServer | proj4 |
Map server front ends
| name | frontend for |
| mapbender | mapserver |
| cartoweb | mapserver |
OpenLayers is a JavaScript front end that works with WMS and WFS servers. So it's not tied to one server.
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# |
