Open Source Geospatial Software

An introductory masterclass

“An opportunity to learn about the leading-edge free and open-source technologies for desktop and web-based mapping and data analysis”.

Here are links to lots of open source geospatial software and information.

GIS Software

Qgis desktop GIS package
GRASS GIS software
PostGIS map database system
MapGuide web mapping deployment
Map Server web mapping on the server
Open Layers web mapping on the web client

Libraries, Packages, Languages

GDAL - data format library
PROJ4 - map projections
R Spatial info for analysis in R
The python programming language.

Groups and Organisations

Open Street Map - community mapping
OSGEO - the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
OGC - the Open Geospatial Consortium standards body