Projects tagged ‘gis’ and ‘visualization’

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is ... [More] licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS lets you browse and create map data on your computer. It supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff). [Less]

OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth.

Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and ... [More] visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies. [Less]

GeoNetwork opensource is a standardized and decentralized spatial information management environment, designed to enable access to geo-referenced databases, cartographic products and related metadata ... [More] from a variety of sources, enhancing the spatial information exchange and sharing between organizations and their audience, using the capacities of the internet. This approach of geographic information management aims at facilitating a wide community of spatial information users to have easy and timely access to available spatial data and to existing thematic maps that might support informed decision making. [Less]

Mapnik is a Free Toolkit for developing mapping applications. It's written in C++ and there are Python bindings to facilitate fast-paced agile development. It can comfortably be used for both desktop and web development

Marble is a Virtual Globe and World Atlas that you can use to learn more about Earth: You can pan and zoom around and you can look up places and roads. A mouse click on a place label will provide the ... [More] respective Wikipedia article. Marble is also a light weight generic geographical map component for use in your own Qt 4.x / C++ application. It is provided as a library, a QWidget and a KDE 4 KPart and hence can easily get integrated with KDE 4 or Qt 4 applications. By default MarbleWidget shows the earth as a sphere but doesn't make use of any hardware acceleration. [Less]

OpenJUMP is an open source GIS software written in Java. It is based on JUMP GIS by Vivid Solutions. It is a Vector GIS that can read rasters as well. It is not just another free demo viewer, but you ... [More] can edit, save, analyze etc. with OpenJUMP. It works, even with medium size datasets, and with professional touc. It provides a GIS API with a flexible plugin structure, so that new features are relatively easy to develope around the sound mapping platform. It utilises standards like GML, WMS and WFS. It is already translated in several languages. [Less]

a Java Framework offering the main building blocks for Spatial Data Infrastructures.

jMaps is a jQuery plugin that provides a really easy API to create and manage multiple google maps on any page. * Geocode and reverse any valid address in the world via Google's geocoding API ... [More] * Search for directions to and from any location * Add and remove Markers * Add and remove polygons and polylines * Add and remove graphic layers on the map * Add and remove Google adsense layers * Add and remove Traffic layers * Get information back such as map center, map size, map type, etc [Less]

Mapstraction is a library that provides a common API for various javascript mapping APIs to enable switching from one to another as smoothly as possible. Developers can code their applications once ... [More] , and then easily switch mapping provider based on project needs, terms and conditions, and new functionality. Users can switch maps as desired based on personal taste and quality of maps in their local area. Various tools built on top of Mapstraction allow users to easily integrate maps into their own sites, and configure them with different controls, styles, and provider. [Less]