An insightful discussion has been going on recently on the OSGeo-Discuss mailing list, around the question Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as with ESRI)? Among the main points: if you think open source, think modular. And: Good cartographic output remains a problem for open source. Other interesting issues are discussed, for [...]
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Bilko is a complete system for learning and teaching remote sensing image analysis skills (from UNESCO). MultiSpec is a a freeware Multispectral Image Data Analysis System for image data, and intends to transfer this technology to the user community in as rapid a manner as possible (from Purdue University and collaborators). (via slashgeo) Today I gave a presentation on Open Source Geospatial Tools for Anthropological Research. Here are the tools I mentioned – by no means an exhaustive list. Desktop GIS: QGIS, also JUMP, uDIG, gvSIG, OpenEV, SAGA Geospatial data management and analysis: GRASS-GIS Spatial databases: MySQL, PostGIS Command line utilities: GDAL/OGR, AVCE00, GMT Internet mapping: GeoServer, Mapserver [...] |
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