geopy makes it easy for developers to locate the coordinates of addresses, cities, countries, and landmarks across the globe using third-party geocoders and other sources of data, such as wikis.
POLYMAP koppelt unterschiedliche Geo- und Fachinformationssysteme (GIS) und bringt deren Daten in den Web-Browser. POLYMAP ist vollständig in Java geschrieben und wird unter einer Open-Source-Lizenz entwickelt.
polymap.org bietet den Rahmen für Diskussion, Weiterentwicklung und Pflege des Basissystems und der Plugins. Plugins erweitern das System um praktisch beliebige Funktionen und bauen aufeinander auf. Plugins können von jedem entwickelt werden und sind nicht zwingend Open-Source
The purpose of the Data Preservation WG is to provide a venue and mechanism for seeking technical and institutional solutions to the challenge of preserving digital geospatial data.
ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn reports today on a new open source navigation project launched by European GPS company TomTom that adds additional functionality to navigational devices, regardless of the make or model. The OpenLR project aims to put navigation data on top of a GPS unit's existing database so drivers can access local traffic, weather, and other useful information as they travel.
After installing ArcGIS Server, there are a few things you need to do before you can start creating services and allowing client applications to access these services. The steps below provide a summary of the things you need to think about and do to get s
Open Source programs are applications of which you can access the source code. Listed here are available open source GIS-based applications you can download written for a variety of platforms and in various languages.
Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is free Geographic Information System (GIS) software used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies. GRASS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.
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