Software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed with or without modification.
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Which open source GIS software to use for utility management?
I am looking for open source GIS software which can be used for utility management (like water, gas, electricity, road, etc.). I have done this in ArcMap 10.1 but am now looking for open source GIS ...
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Metadata -auto build using python
We have a large (10,000 plus) repository of spatial data (shp/gdb/tab vectors and ecw/tif rasters and also las, xyz and DEM data) where some have metadata records in xml using anzlic metadata editor. ...
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Are database client files platform specific?
I'm just looking for some clarification on a question that came up with me this morning. Are the DLL client files (libeay32.dll, libiconv-2.dll, libintl-8.dll, libpq.dll, and ssleay32.dll) platform ...
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Looking for open source GIS that doesn't use Google Maps or Bing Map map viewers
I am looking for an open source GIS that does not use Google Maps or Bing Maps. Are there any?
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Hypothetical Cost Saving Question: EPA Proprietary v Open Source
I am writing a paper for my GIS MSc and trying to justify a move for the EPA from proprietary GIS software to open source (QGIS).
Can anyone hazard an educated guess as to how much ArcGIS would cost ...
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Are there any open source mapping APIs/toolkits for drawing axes,labels,graticules etc?
I tried to post a more generic question to meta, but it's my first question, so I didn't have a reputation yet.
The first question I have is whether this is an appropriate place to ask questions ...
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What are the differences between spatial databases?
What is the difference between Oracle Spatial, PostGIS, SQLServer2008, SpatiaLite, and MySQL in terms of their spatial support. Are there specific use cases where each shines. What might you want to ...
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1answer
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Any GIS program with GPX support and free hand selection tool?
I'm looking for GIS program that has good support for KML/KMZ or GPX route files and also has free hand selection tool. Right now I use 3dem and it would be perfect for my needs if only it had that ...
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How to easily shift all features in a vector dataset?
Let's say that I put together a Shapefile and all the features have their vertices shifted by a constant amount. What's the easiest way of shifting all the features (hence the (x,y) position of their ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to fix a vector layer after I badly georeferenced a map? [duplicate]
Sorry in advance if I missed another question on this topic. I searched for everything I could think of, but I didn't find anything with a solution to my problem.
I am quite new to GIS tools and ...
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1answer
31 views
Framework/software for dynamic WPS creation
We have some specific EO data processing facility and are about to provide an access to one using WPS-based interface. The are plenty of solutions for the task. However, it is hard to find one that ...
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Geospatial Applications in OpenStack?
This whitepaper about NASA's Nebula project, describes how cloud computing was used by NASA's Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center to identify damage scars left by tornadoes.
Since ...
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How to convince an organization to move towards open source GIS?
After spending the better part of the year on this site I am seeing how big the open source GIS community is. I used to just think it was ESRI and nothing else. That said, how do you begin to nudge or ...
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1answer
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GPL License - App only uses QGis components as a GIS display
I'm still not clear on QGIS licensing ...
I am contracted to write a system that has nothing to do with GIS and GIS analysis, but goes around managing animal tags, and I want to use QGIS to draw on a ...
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1answer
211 views
Open Source solutions for building a Traffic Management System
I am trying to set an Open Source alternative to proprietry ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) The goal is to build a Traffic Management System for a middle size city center. Main requirements ...
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1answer
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Looking for open source software similiar to ESRI City Engine
I am looking for open source software similar to ESRI City Engine and currently going through open source software directory.
Update :
About ESRI City Engine (Quick introduction)
We want to make ...
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Post Processing GPS Data with open source software
I am using Magellan Professional Mapper CX working on ArcPad 7.1 platform. It has sub-meter accuracy after post processing. Without post processing the data collected in the field is off by 10 to 15 ...
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2answers
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How to create noise maps? (open source or scripted in ArcGIS)
In a previous role I helped create Noise Maps for Northern England.
The predicted noise levels was done using the IMMI package (which I can recommend) and the cartographic output was done in ArcMap. ...
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1answer
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Help with Parameters for MCC-LiDAR
I am attempting to use MCC-LiDAR to reclassify points (.las) originally classified using TIFFS. However, I seem to either be misunderstanding what the parameters really mean or where to get the ...
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1answer
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Seamless, color balanced mosaics of aerial RGB photos with Open Source
I'm looking for an open source tool/workflow (even a command line one) to obtain what it is advertised in programs like
http://www.inpho.de/index.php?seite=index_orthovista
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0answers
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Flow modeling and FOSS GIS; lahars and HEC-RAS
What are the options for FOSS flow modeling of dilute debris flows in QGIS or GRASS?
Have you, or can you refer me to studies where the authors, tested these models/plugins/functions/etc. for use in ...
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2answers
275 views
How do I generate a large number of maps?
I have to make a large number (hundreds) of distribution maps of species.
I have a shapefile that contain the distributions for each species, and for each one, I would like to get a map as an image ...
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Most suitable open source GIS platform
I'm looking for an open source GIS server or desktop package that supports as many file formats as possible, is fast, runs on Linux or Mac and can be controlled via an API.
Planning to do very basic ...
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Are there any OpenSource ArcObjects Projects?
One of the major benefits of developing GIS applications based on opensource libraries, is that many projects spring up on top of them which are also opensource.
Well designed opensource projects ...
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Looking for open source Spatial file server that ArcGIS 10.1 will connect and work with?
I'm looking for an open source spatial file server to house and serve my GIS data. I'm currently using my Ubuntu Server as a ssh file server and have to download the data to the local computer, ...
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1answer
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constant deviation projecting lat lon to itm(israel tranverse mercator
i use two different ways to project lat lon data taken from google earth to ITM (Israel Transverse Mercator) and export the data to arcmap same ways i try to unproject ITM data and export the data to ...
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Is there an open source Geocoding tool which can be used commercially?
Is there any Geocoding tool which is open source and can be used in commercial application?
We tried Google geocoding API's but cannot continue with it because of some licensing limitation.
Now ...
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Creating Raster with values based on function output
I have a function that calculates a price based on the input slope and distance. I want to write the price to a raster as the rastervalue. How do I do that? OpenSource and ArcMap solutions would work.
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A SQL console in QGIS
I know QGIS comes with its field calculator, which is not bad. It also comes with ftools which permits several operations on geometry and attributes. But we often need more control and I haven't seen ...
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1answer
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QGis and developpement version [closed]
On various forums, when I asked some question, I have got more and more answer like that: "you can do this with the development version of QGis 1.9... but you can't with the current version..."
It is ...
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0answers
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Free and Open Source GIS Desktop Dissertation Survey – Participants wanted [closed]
I am currently in my last year of MSc Information Technology course at the University of the West of England. I am required to undertake a dissertation project. I am conducting a study on the level of ...
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6answers
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Open source CAD software
Does anyone know open source CAD software (like edit, update cad files and attach external information, create topology etc.)
Researching on internet also (Going through Kosmo Desktop,DraftSight ...
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Discontinuous or Interrupted map projections?
Do any of the current open source GIS softwares support discontinous projection systems? E.g. sinusoidal, dymaxion, butterfly, etc? If not, are there any affordable commercial ones that do (affordable ...
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Transform RGB-Map to CMYK (qgis, opensource tools)
I want to print a map I made with qgis. For the print I need CMYK-colors but the print-composers pdf-output is RGB. How can I convert the RGB-map/-pdf to CMYK?
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Web-map with mouse-over effect
under photoshop, I have different layers, each representing a region and a background which the country.
I would like to make an animated map for the web, that is when the mousse is over a region, it ...
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Getting started to Web GIS development using JAVA [duplicate]
I am a newbie in GIS web development with java.
I am starting to chose the tools(open source) to start with. Can i use degree with eclipse or should i use geomajas instead.
thank you
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1answer
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How to publish a GML file as a Web Feature Service (WFS)?
I am interested in publishing a GML file as a WFS. I don't want to use a database like PostgreSQL. What would be the rough steps I need to do for that?
I like to use open source software (geoserver). ...
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1answer
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What do I need to create 3D model of real terrain?
I'd like to create 3D model of some real terrain (to be exact it's about some real roads and only as much as 80m to 100m of roadside - 40m to 50m of each side). As I don't have access to highly ...
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What is Change Detection and how I can perform such analysis with open source tools?
From wikipedia page:
Change detection for GIS (geographical information systems) is a process that measures how the attributes of a particular area have changed between two or more time periods. ...
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1answer
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Hydro-Enforced/surface constraint DEM Creation using GRASS/QGIS
I am wondering if there is a way to create a hydro-breakline enforced DEM by means of any open source solution?
I am able to create a DEM from Lidar data using GRASS, but would like to enforce some ...
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WMSGetFeatureInfo not showing in Firefox and chrome
This code set works for me in IE but not in Firefox and chrome.What is the problem? Map is showing in all browsers ,but when i click on point of map nothing showing in Firefox and chrome.
Welcome ...
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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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1answer
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GRASS Geoprocessing in Python Script
I´m trying to get some GRASS geoprocessig tools running in a python script outside GRASS.
I´m able to import grass.script, but I´m not able to get the tools running yet. Does anybody know what I´m ...
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Which open source software to create desktop interface for Geo-processing tools?
I want to create an desktop interface to create geo-processing tool and that to using Open source GIS software. I will be using Postgresql and postgis too to save and retrieve data for operations. I ...
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2answers
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How to batch process (100s) of interpolations in QGIS or other open source software programs?
Is there an efficient way to run 100s of interpolations in QGIS or other open source software programs?
I have groundwater contamination data collected from monitoring wells at about 800 different ...
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What is the best open source software package for Remote Sensing?
Here are many questions with great answers about open source GIS software.
I am wondering, what is the best open source software package for Remote Sensing? I would like to learn it and to use in my ...
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Open source tool to view DTED and DEM raster-data
I am new to GIS field. Is there any open source GIS tool to view DTED and DEM tiff-files?
Update 1
I have some DTED files and DEM files. I want to open and see those files using some open source GIS ...
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2answers
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batch create DEM from contour maps (open source)
I have around 100 shapefiles of contours (1m interval) that I need to turn into DEMs; Is there a way to batch create these mde from contour lines? Using open source preferably.
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Get all vertices of a polygon using OGR and Python
I'm having a little trouble with the Python OGR API. What I am trying to do is get all the coordinates of each vertex of the outer ring of a polygon.
This is what I have so far:
import osgeo.ogr
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Creating drive time polygons using open source tools
Is anyone using open source tools and/or data to generate drive time polygons that radiate out from a given location? For example, I have used ESRI products like Network Analyst and Business Analyst ...
