OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada A Survey of Open Source GIS “The View from 30,000 Feet” or “A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep” Paul Ramsey Refractions Research
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada Two Tribes C Tribe –UMN Mapserver –GRASS –OpenEV –QGIS –OGR/GDAL –PROJ4 –GEOS –PostGIS Java Tribe –GeoTools –GeoServer –DeeGree –OpenMap –JUMP –uDig JDBC OpenGIS WMS/WFS
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada C Tribe OGR/GDAL Mapserver GRASS PostGIS OpenEV OSSIM Proj4 GEOS QGIS Thuban GMT
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada C Libraries GDAL –Raster Format Reader / Writer OGR –Vector Format Reader / Writer PROJ4 –Coordinate Reprojection GEOS –Geometry Objects and Functions
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada C Servers Mapserver –OpenGIS Web Map Server –OpenGIS Web Feature Server –OGR / GDAL / PROJ4 –PostGIS / ArcSDE / OracleSpatial PostGIS –OpenGIS Simple Features for SQL –PROJ4 / GEOS
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada Mapserver PostGIS ArcSDE Oracle Shape MapInfo WMS Mapserver WFS WMS TIFF
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada PostGIS LAN WMS / WFS PostGIS Internet JUMP QGIS WFS Client WMS Client
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada C Applications OpenEV QGIS Thuban GRASS OSSIM GMT Viewers Processors
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada OpenEV
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada QGIS
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada Thuban
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada GRASS
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada OSSIM Open Source Software Image Map
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada GMT Generic Mapping Tools UNIX Philosophy –Many small tools, chained together Gridding, Contouring, Plotting Surface Models
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada Java Tribe GeoTools OpenMap GeoServer JTS Topology Suite WKB4J GML4J JUMP Unified Mapping Platform JCS Conflation Suite uDig / JUMP2 DeeGree
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada Java Libraries JTS Topology Suite –OpenGIS Geometries and Methods GeoTools –Data Formats, Java GIS Toolkit WKB4J –Java Well-Known Binary Reader / Writer GML4J –Java GML Reader / Writer
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada Java Applications OpenMap DeeGree JUMP / JCS GeoServer uDig JTS Based Standalone
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada OpenMap Oldest Complete Java Toolkit Telephone Company Project (BBN) Design Application (not Data) Focused
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada DeeGree Academic Roots –Bonn University Message Passing API OpenGIS Standards Server Focused (WMS, WFS, SLD)
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada JUMP / JCS Specialized Original Vision (Conflation) General Purpose Tool Editing, Processing, Transforming
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada GeoServer OpenGIS WFS-T Web Feature Server - Transactional OpenGIS WMS (Beta) Database Datasources + Shape
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada uDig User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS WFS, WMS, WRS PostGIS, ArcSDE, OracleSpatial Printing, Reprojection Shape, GeoTIFF GeoInnovations Schedule
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada Summary Strengths Server Side Heterogeneous Environments Performance Standards Support Complex or Custom Applications Weaknesses Interactive Desktop Paper Production Lowest Common Denominator “Standard” Applications
OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada Questions? 1 Mile 1 Inch