11 November 2010
GIS libraries for working with geometries, databases and terrain data.
See also Computational Geometry
GIS libraries
- GeoTools
- Open source java GIS toolkit.
- PostGIS
- Module for PostgreSQL to add support for geographic objects.
- SEXTANTE (SIG)
- Sistema EXTremeño de ANálisis TErritorial (SEXTANTE) is an open source java library of algorithms for spatial analysis developed in Extremadura, Spain.
- GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
C++ Library for reading DEM files, converting. It has python and java bindings (generated with SWIG).
- Mapnik C++/Python GIS Toolkit | Welcome
- Mapnik is a Free Toolkit for developing mapping applications. Above all Mapnik is about making beautiful maps.
- Kabeja
- Kabeja is a Java library for parsing, processing and converting Autodesk's DXF format.
- GeoAPI
- GeoAPI provides a set of Java language programming interfaces for geospatial applications.
- Quantum GIS
- Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS).
- SAGA - System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses
- System to analyze raster terrain data.
- GeoDjango
- Geographic Web framework to build GIS Web applications and spatially enabled data.
- Geoprocessing with Python using Open Source GIS
- Saple python code for reading raster DEM files and processing.
Other lists of resources about GIS
- freegis.org
- Free GIS resources and libraries.
- PyPI
- The Python Package Index has a section for GIS: Scientific/Engineering::GIS
- Open Source GIS
- Index of Open Source / Free GIS related software projects.
- PyPi GIS section
- GIS section on Python Package Index.
- freshmeat
- Projects tagged "Geographical" at freshmeat.net.
- Open Geospatial Consortium
- The Open Geospatial Consortium, (OGC) is a organization for the development of standards for geospatial and location based services.
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