[Mapserver-users] SOT: Fw: [Cgdi-dev-net] uDig Milestone 1 - Open Source Desktop GIS

[Tyler Mitchell]

Sounds promising Paul.


----- Forwarded by Tyler Mitchell/Lignum on 07/06/2004 08:15 AM -----

cgdi-dev-net-bounces at CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca wrote on 07/05/2004 06:04:42 PM:

> All,
> 
> The open source User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) project 
> (partially funded by GeoInnovations) has recently passed Milestone #1. 
> That means the requirements documents and some useful research on 
> high-risk project areas (printing, WFS client) have been completed, and 
> implementation of the first alpha release has begun.
> 
> uDig will be a desktop GIS environment, providing transparent access to 
> OpenGIS data sources (WMS, WFS), database data sources (PostGIS, 
> OracleSpatial, ArcSDE) and file data (Shape, GeoTIFF).  Our goal is to 
> provide the basic GIS viewer functionality needed by 80% of GIS users, 
> and a framework for extension that can be used to satisfy the remaining 
> 20%.  We hope that uDig will be very useful to CGDI in bringing data out 

> from the server to a wide end user community.
> 
> For more information on uDig, please see the uDig web site:
>    http://udig.refractions.net
> 
> If you would like to help with advice, domain expertise, testing, and 
> even programming, please join the udig mailing list:
>    http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
> 
> Thanks!
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
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