1. OSGeo-Live project: a complete review of the breadth of quality Geospatial Open Source Software
Margherita Di Leo a,b, Cameron Shorter a,c a OSGeo, The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, SW Millikan #42523, Beaverton, Oregon, , USA b European Commission - DG JRC - Forest Resources and Climate I Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 c LISAsoft, Sydney, Australia
In recent years the accessibility of new technologies has changed dramatically the methodologies and techniques used in research. Particularly, nowadays it is impossible not to take into account Geographical Information Science (GIS). Such cross-discipline has grown in recent years, because of the growing use of GPS devices in the field, the speedup of computer analysis, the relative accessibility of geographic data. GIS has become crucial in all phases of the transformation of raw data into information suitable for end users, from data collecting with Global Positioning System, to pre-processing, elaboration and analysis, visualization and data publishing via web GIS services.
Spatial Tools
Desktop Applications
Navigation & Maps
GMT R
ORFEO Toolbox
AtlasStyler
Grass GIS
Geopublisher
gvSig
Kosmo
uDig
GeoKettle
Marble
Prune
GpsDrive
OpenCPN
Mapnik
SAGA
OpenJUMP
osgEarth
OSSIM
Quantum GIS
MapWindow
zyGrib
Viking
Web Services
Geospatial Libraries
OSGeo-Live is a ready to use suite of quality geospatial open source applications, available for the full range of geospatial use cases, including storage, publishing, viewing, analysing and manipulating data. It is available as self-contained DVD, USB thumb drive and Virtual Machine. It is based on Xubuntu, and includes close to 50 of the best geospatial, open source applications, pre-configured with data, project overviews and quick- starts, translated into multiple languages. It is an excellent tool for demonstrating GeoSpatial Open Source, practising with tutorials and workshops, or providing to potential new users. Open source software gives you the best quality products at lower cost. It moves the source of the profits from the software's sale to the related services. Among the advantages of free software, we include the lower initial costs, the collaborative development typical of open source communities, adherence to standards and superior quality.
MapServer
TinyOWS
GeoServer
deegree
QGIS Server
MapProxy
GDAL/OGR
GEOS
GeoTools
MetaCRS
libLAS
52°North
WSS/SOS/WPS
EOxServer
ZOO Project
GeoNetwork
pycsw
Databases
Web Mapping
Crisis Management
Map Data
PostGIS
SpatiaLite
pgRouting
Sahana Agasti
Ushahidi
OpenLayers
MapFish
Geomajas
Natural Earth
Open Street Map
North Carolina
Mapbender
GeoMOOSE
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization, created in early 2006 to the aim of supporting the collaborative development of geospatial open source software, and promote its widespread use. The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration. The foundation's projects are all freely available and useable under an OSI-certified open source license.