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I'm curious what sort of domain specific languages (DSLs) are used in GIS. The only one I can think of is the DOCELL language that was provided in ArcInfo Workstation GRID, but is no longer supported.

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Please add the definition rather than linking to an external website which may change content/go offline anytime. – johanvdw Nov 25 '11 at 21:33

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  • FME's workbench would classify as a graphical DSL, and its generated/editable scripts as a DSL

  • ArcGIS's Model Builder could also be described as a graphical DSL.

  • MapServer's MapFile syntax (and the language agnostic MapScript)

  • SLD is described as an encoding, but may also fall under the category of an DSL.

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If a DSL can include SQL, I imagine that Avenue would be included.

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Isn't Avenue a dead language? Does ESRI sell ArcView 3.x anymore? – klewis Nov 25 '11 at 23:34
If by dead you mean that it is not actively developed anymore or that hardly anyone uses it, then it is dead. But if it is a domain-specific language it is a valid answer for the question. Since we haven't seen a definition of DSL we can't know that at this point. – jvangeld Dec 2 '11 at 21:22
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Map algebra likely qualifies. The data model provided with GDAL (similar to DOCELL), and its VRT format. The simple features model implemented in software such as PostGIS, as an object-relational database extension for domain-specific data.

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MapBasic, the macro langage of Mapinfo ?

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