A Concise Guide to Open Source GIS Software

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I ran across a more diligent attempt to collect a list together than my own meagre attempt. It is here: http://opensourcegis.org/

This page contains my notes on what I am interested in.

Map servers

ArcIMS

(for comparison)

Current Version: 9.2

Home: http://www.esri.com/

Comments: closed source and expensive

GeoServer

Current Version:

Home: http://geoserver.org/

Comments: (swiped from their site)

GeoServer supports WFS-T and WMS open protocols from the OGC to produce JPEG, PNG, SVG, KML/KMZ, GML, PDF, Shapefiles and more. More information on specific features of GeoServer can be found here, and some samples of GeoServer in action are in the gallery.

GeoServer is built on Geotools, the same Java toolkit that udig uses. GeoServer is a truly open community, with a well documented and modular codebase, so don't hesitate to get involved.

MapGuide

Current Version: 2.0.0 is in beta

Home: http://mapguide.osgeo.org/

Comments: (copied from their page)

"MapGuide Open Source is a web-based platform that enables users to quickly develop and deploy web mapping applications and geospatial web services. MapGuide features an interactive viewer that includes support for feature selection, property inspection, map tips, and operations such as buffer, select within, and measure. MapGuide includes an XML database for managing content, and supports most popular geospatial file formats, databases, and standards. MapGuide can be deployed on Linux or Windows, supports Apache and IIS web servers, and offers extensive PHP, .NET, Java, and JavaScript APIs for application development. MapGuide Open Source is licensed under the LGPL."

MapServer

Current version: 5.0

Home: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/

Standards

WFS WMS

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 http://geotools.codehaus.org/
Grass C
JTS Java
Proj4 C
SharpMap C#
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