Links and Relevant Ecosystem of Open Source GIS
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http://www.postgis.org PostGIS Website: (its now an OSGEO incubation project)
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http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis PostGIS community and bug tracker. Also contains user contributed code snippets, tips, and links.
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http://www.osgeo.org/ OSGEO – Open Source Geospatial Foundation, provides hosting and other resources to the Open Source GIS community and
OSGEO projects.
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http://postgisonline.org PostGIS Online – work in progress started by Nicklas Avén, one of the core PostGIS developers. It allows you to experiment
with PostGIS spatial queries in a database sandbox. Uses Mapserver for displaying query on a map. Also has some step by step tutorials.
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http://openlayers.org OpenLayers – Javascript Framework we’ll be demonstrating. Was started by MetaCarta, a local Cambridge,MA company and later became
an OSGEO project. BSD style license.
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http://geoserver.org GeoServer – a Java Servlet written web mapping server we’ll be covering and is also an OSGEO incubation project. GPL licensed.
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http://www.mapserver.org/ MapServer - a C written web mapping server. The first OSGEO project and also the first mapping server to support PostGIS. MIT
style licensed.
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http://www.codeplex.com/SharpMap - both a web and desktop mapping toolkit written in C#. Used often to create ASP.Net and more recently
Silverlight apps. PostGIS was one of the first data sources it supported. LGPL licensed.
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http://geoext.org – GeoExt is a mapping javascript toolkit that combines the power of OpenLayers for mapping and ExtJs for general Rich Internet Application (RIA)
building. Its BSD licensed.
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http://www.extjs.com – A very popular javascript framework for building RIA. Comes packaged with various graphical widgets that can be stretched, moved on
screen etc.
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http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards making body for geospatial and location based services. Most of the
high end GIS vendors are on the committee as well as many open source GIS members. It tries to improve ease of interoperability between the various
tool sets.
OUR SATELLITE SITES
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http://www.postgis.us – PostGIS in Action book site – contains code downloads, eventually demos of what is in book, presentations we’ve done, useful PostGIS
links.
We are co-authors of the upcoming Manning book, PostGIS in Action, due out in hard-copy in Summer 2010. You can purchase now via the Manning Early
Access Program (MEAP) and read chapters as we complete/update them. First chapter is a free download. Have almost all the chapters complete and on MEAP.
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http://www.bostongis.com – BostonGIS.com is focused on Open Source and Open Geospatial standard tips and tricks.
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http://www.postgresonline.com – Postgres OnLine Journal is focused on providing a resource for PostgreSQL users and newcomers by providing examples that
demonstrate PostgreSQL’s unique features, and how to use PostgreSQL effectively. Each edition available as free PDF. We try to release monthly/bi-monthly.
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