GIS system for Linux [Archive]

nocturn

April 5th, 2005, 02:20 PM

Is there some good GIS software available on Linux?

I was in a meeting today where we discussed using a GIS system, and somebody claimed there was no good GIS program available on Linux, I'm hoping on proving them wrong.

I found some projects on Freshmeat, but I do not know how they compare to the commercial alternatives (I never used GIS before).

erkki70

April 5th, 2005, 02:48 PM

Hi,
Have a look here:
http://grass.itc.it/
Now, if you need to compare with non Open Source commercial solutions, there's probably a lot to debate on what is good and what isn't. ;)
You'll find more resources over here:
http://gislounge.com/ll/linux.shtml

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Erkki

nocturn

April 5th, 2005, 03:38 PM

Hi,
Have a look here:
http://grass.itc.it/
Now, if you need to compare with non Open Source commercial solutions, there's probably a lot to debate on what is good and what isn't. ;)
You'll find more resources over here:
http://gislounge.com/ll/linux.shtml

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Erkki

Thanks!

ragnvald

March 13th, 2007, 07:51 PM

HostGIS (a GIS focused server side distro based on the Slackerware distro) shows a symphony of integrated tools. These tools can of course be installed on any distro - also Ubuntu linux:

http://www.hostgis.com

There is an UbuntuGIS initiative as well. This one, however, is focused on desktop use and as such is a fairly big package in the end of the day:

http://http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS

I would really like to see some initiative similar to HostGIS on Ubuntu.

Ragnvald

Campitor

March 14th, 2007, 03:12 PM

The wiki has some information
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuScience#head-fd6c8c5581b36e95f40756acf68ffcd740584c3c

Camp

timmie

March 19th, 2007, 09:09 AM

When it comes to free GIS then the following software directory is your point of choice:
http://www.freegis.org

A edited directory which cares thouroughfully to include only GNU/OSI-liceces.

Choosing a GIS is a process like any other tool choice:

architecture (desktop or server)
target group
use scenarios and functions required (analysis or just data-viewer)
...

Well, if you need more help making your decision just ask...

greetings.