[OSGeo Africa] FOSS GIS

Fri Sep 7 03:16:02 EDT 2007

Dear Frank,

We have produced a DVD with most of these applications on it. The DVD  
can be downloaded from the http://geonetwork-opensource.org website.  
I can also send you a number of printed ones if that would be  
beneficial to you. We will probably work on an update later this year  
with the most recent versions and new additions, but for many the DVD  
will give a good overview and introduction.

Kind regards,
Jeroen

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On Sep 6, 2007, at 9:58 PM, Frank Sokolic wrote:

> Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. I'll certainly have a lot  
> to present to the students! Eduoard, I like your categorisation of  
> the various packages and I'll probably mention most of these before  
> providing a more detailed look at selected packages. As a few of  
> you have mentioned, web mapping has to form part of the seminar -  
> many of the students will need to have knowledge of this in  
> whatever jobs they go into after graduating.
>
> Here at the University of KwaZulu-Natal our students get a solid  
> grounding in commercial GIS and Remote Sensing software (e.g.  
> ArcGIS, Idrisi, Erdas) but I think that giving them some exposure  
> to open-source packages will be to their benefit. I think that many  
> of them aren't even aware of other GIS packages outside of those  
> they work with.
>
>
> Regards,
> Frank Sokolic
> School of Environmental Sciences
> UKZN
>
> Edouard Legoupil wrote:
>> Hi Franck,
>>  My feeling is that in 2007, it is not possible to avoid  
>> mentioning web mapping applications when talking about Open Source  
>> GIS
>>
>> Here's below a tentative of categorization the most known packages:
>>  Remote sensing oriented soft:
>> OSSIM
>> ILWIS
>> Spring
>> Multispec
>>
>> Desktop GIS:
>> GRASS (is also good for raster)
>> QGIS (QGIS can be coupled with Grass as QGIS interface is far more  
>> user friendly)
>> Mapwindows
>>  Java Desktop GIS:
>> Udig, gvSIG, the JUMP family (open Jump, Sky JUMP, Dee JUMP, etc..  
>> http://www.openjump.org/wiki/show/OpenJUMPs+Family )
>>  Server GIS:
>> Based on UMN Mapserver (- www.cartoweb.org , kmap, maplab...)  
>> Based on Java Geotools (- www.Geoserver.org for implementation of  
>> WFS-T, Mapbuilder, Mapbender)
>> MapGuide  Spatial DB:
>> Postgis/PostgreSQL
>>
>> Metadata management (very important):
>> geonetwork
>>  Libraries and small utilities:
>> Geotools,
>> FWtools
>> GDAL Proj
>> OGR
>>  Maybe you should introduce some ideas on how to evaluate the  
>> reliability of an open source project and how such project are  
>> created and evolves (number of users, number of release, etc...).  
>> The case of Jump is a good example of how a project can divide  
>> itself....  Another good point would be to present the Open Source  
>> business model (Nothing's free in this world!): Some projects are  
>> supported by Governmental organization and developed by private  
>> companies, some are through Universities, and some are former  
>> proprietary solutions that turned out to be open source like  
>> MapGuide from Autodesk....
>>  Good Luck and best regards,
>> Edouard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> "mark at deblois.nl" <mark at deblois.nl> 09/05/07 06:53PM >>>
>>>>>
>> Hi Frank,
>>
>> You might also want to mention:
>> - ILWIS remote sensing software which has gone open source  
>> recently (see
>> http://52north.org/index.php? 
>> option=com_projects&task=showProject&id=30&Itemid=127),
>> - FWTools (http://fwtools.maptools.org/)
>> - OpenJump (http://openjump.org/wiki/show/HomePage).
>> - uDIG (http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Home)
>> - gvSIG (http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig&L=2)
>>
>> I presume you are not going to get into web mapping applications or
>> spatial databases, in that case there is a lot to add to the list.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Mark de Blois
>> GIS Consultant
>> Maplecroft
>>
>>
>>
>>>> Hi,<br><br>I'm planning a seminar on FOSS GIS software, which  
>>>> I'll be
>>>>
>>> presenting to GIS/Remote Sensing students at the University of
>>>
>>>> KwaZulu-Natal. I'll be demonstrating GRASS, QGIS, MultiSpec,  
>>>> Spring and
>>>>
>>> MapWindow&nbsp;but would like to know whether&nbsp;there any other
>>> packages worth looking at? Anyone have any suggestions? 
>>> <br>&nbsp;<br>I'm
>>> also a bit confused about OSSIM. Is it a standalone program or is  
>>> it a
>>> collection of library routines? The OSSIM webpages are not all that
>>> clear.<br><br>Regards,<br>Frank Sokolic.<br>
>>>
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