Free and open source software for geospatial
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What are some Free and Open Source GIS Desktop packages
Can someone please give me a list of free and open source GIS desktop packages?
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What are the FOSS equivalents to these ArcGIS products?
I'm a long-term user of ESRI software, and I now have a need to use free and open source software.
I've been reading about Open Layers, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, GeoServer and MapServer but I can't find ...
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How to improve drawn shapes in Quantum-GIS?
I have a polygon-shape in qgis-1.7.0 and want to fix overlays and gaps between the edges of adjacent polygons. See image below.
Is there any automated way to do this in quantum-gis? Or any other ...
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Are there open source alternatives to ArcCatalog?
I'm looking for open source alternatives to ArcCatalog. The software should run on both Win and Linux and support the usual file formats (shp, kml, gml, ...) and databases (especially PostGIS, ...
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What are some of the features available in non-FOSS GIS software that you'd like to see in your favorite FOSS GIS
For example, a program I use (TransCAD) has the ability to do travel time matrices based on minimal data input, which is really useful if you're looking at doing back of the envelope type ...
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Are there any “highly customizeable” GIS platforms out there or am I doomed to manual labor?
I'm new to this site which I find useful and refreshing until now.
And to my question ( WARNING: it's a bit long, so you can skip right to the question two paragraphs down).
I was educated in GIS ...
