[postgis-users] postgis and arcmap

[Emily Gouge]

Randy,

In addition to Mapserver there are other open source GIS tools that can read data from a PostGIS, 
including uDIG (http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Home), and GRASS 
(http://grass.itc.it/).  In addition we use JUMP and have written tools to interact with our PostGIS 
database - http://jump-project.org/ or OpenJUMP http://openjump.org/.

Emily


Adam Quiney wrote:
http://openjump.org/
> Hi Randy,
> 
> I'm not sure exactly what you mean by a GIS platform - are you talking 
> about something that would allow you to serve up GIS data to incoming 
> client requests?  If so, one of the more common configurations seems to 
> be using a PostGIS database as a backend, and a Mapserver instance 
> running as the front-end to serve up requested GIS data.  You can read 
> more about Mapserver (which is a great open-source product itself) at 
> the Mapserver website:
> 
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --Adam
> 
> Randy Long wrote:
> 
>> Hi all. I was wondering what is the most common configuration for POSTGIS
>> and a GIS platform? I am an ARCMap user and am taking the Spatial GEODB
>> class next month at the local JC. I know we'll be using SDE and 
>> ArcMap, but
>> I would like to go the Open Source route, maybe as my own project in 
>> class.
>> Maybe a compare and contrast with SDE and POSTGIS?
>>
>> Anyways, any comments are welcome.
>>
>> Thx,
>>
>> Randy Long
>> GIS/CAD Technician
>> Mackay and Somps
>> 1771 Tribute Rd. Ste. E
>> Sacramento, CA 95815
>> 916-929-6092
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