1. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net A Survey of Open Source GIS “The View from 30,000 Feet” or “A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep” Paul Ramsey Refractions Research

2. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net 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

3. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net C Tribe OGR/GDAL Mapserver GRASS PostGIS OpenEV OSSIM Proj4 GEOS QGIS Thuban GMT

4. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net C Libraries GDAL –Raster Format Reader / Writer OGR –Vector Format Reader / Writer PROJ4 –Coordinate Reprojection GEOS –Geometry Objects and Functions

5. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net 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

6. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net Mapserver PostGIS ArcSDE Oracle Shape MapInfo WMS Mapserver WFS WMS TIFF

7. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net PostGIS LAN WMS / WFS PostGIS Internet JUMP QGIS WFS Client WMS Client

8. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net C Applications OpenEV QGIS Thuban GRASS OSSIM GMT Viewers Processors

9. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net OpenEV

10. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net QGIS

11. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net Thuban

12. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net GRASS

13. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net OSSIM Open Source Software Image Map

14. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net GMT Generic Mapping Tools UNIX Philosophy –Many small tools, chained together Gridding, Contouring, Plotting Surface Models

15. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net Java Tribe GeoTools OpenMap GeoServer JTS Topology Suite WKB4J GML4J JUMP Unified Mapping Platform JCS Conflation Suite uDig / JUMP2 DeeGree

16. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net 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

17. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net Java Applications OpenMap DeeGree JUMP / JCS GeoServer uDig JTS Based Standalone

18. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net OpenMap Oldest Complete Java Toolkit Telephone Company Project (BBN) Design Application (not Data) Focused

19. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net DeeGree Academic Roots –Bonn University Message Passing API OpenGIS Standards Server Focused (WMS, WFS, SLD)

20. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net JUMP / JCS Specialized Original Vision (Conflation) General Purpose Tool Editing, Processing, Transforming

21. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net GeoServer OpenGIS WFS-T Web Feature Server - Transactional OpenGIS WMS (Beta) Database Datasources + Shape

22. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net uDig User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS WFS, WMS, WRS PostGIS, ArcSDE, OracleSpatial Printing, Reprojection Shape, GeoTIFF GeoInnovations Schedule

23. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net Summary Strengths Server Side Heterogeneous Environments Performance Standards Support Complex or Custom Applications Weaknesses Interactive Desktop Paper Production Lowest Common Denominator “Standard” Applications

24. OpenSource GIS 2004 Ottawa, Canada www.refractions.net Questions? 1 Mile 1 Inch