1. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Evaluation and documentation of Open Source GIS&RS software projects Evaluation Results Rafał Wawer, KULeuven

2. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND software potentials three independent sub-evaluations

3. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND CASCADOSS GIS/RS inventory ● General Interest: 11/ 3 ● Development libraries: 21/ 8 ● GIS Libraries: 15 ● Remote Sensing Libraries: 6 ● Database Management Systems: 3/ 0 ● Desktop Applications: 44/ 28 ● GIS Applications: 30 ● Remote Sensing Applications: 11 ● Metadata Editors: 3 ● Server Applications: 15/ 12 ● Web Services: 4 ● Web Tools: 11

4. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND DESKTOP APPLICATIONS GIS applications GIS applications are end-user applications with functionality specific to the GIS realm. Minimum functional requirements: GIS applications must allow for capturing, storing, analyzing and/or managing data and associated attributes that are spatially referenced. Remote sensing applications RS applications are end-user applications with functionality specific to the Remote Sensing / Earth observation realm. Minimum functional requirements: an RS application must be able to create and edit geospatial raster data. Applying modelling techniques to raster data is an asset.

5. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Desktop Applications

6. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Desktop Applications

7. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Desktop Applications

8. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Desktop Applications

9. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND GRASS

10. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND QGIS

11. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND ILWIS

12. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND GeoNetwork OS

13. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Development Libraries GIS libraries GIS libraries are compiled collections of subprograms or procedures specific to the GIS field. Minimum functional requirements: A GIS library must contain data capturing, management or analysis functions applicable to GIS datasets. Remote sensing libraries RS libraries are compiled collections of subprograms or procedures specific to the Remote Sensing / Earth observation field. Minimum functional requirements: A RS library must contain data management or analysis functions applicable to RS datasets.

14. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Development Libraries

15. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Development Libraries

16. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Development Libraries

17. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Server Applications Web services & Web tools Application software for setting up Web Services. Minimum functional requirements: Web services application software must support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network, or allow data to be served over a network in a common format, preferably following open standards.

18. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Server Applications

19. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Server Applications

20. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Server Applications

21. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Server Applications

22. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND MapServer

23. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND Mapbender

24. The Cascadoss Project is financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme Evaluating FOSS4G for Environmental Applications, International Symposium 16 June, 2008, International Information Workshop 17-19 June, 2008, Warsaw, POLAND www.cascadoss.eu detailed documentation and evaluation results, followed by a web-form for user generated evaluations will soon to be found on CASCADOSS website