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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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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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Rasterization tools for vector datasets with styles

I have hundreds of Personal Geodatabases and I want to create one georeferenced TIFF for each one. Each PGDB has the same feature classes ('CotourLines', 'Hidrography', etc) for what I have some ...
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How can I display GeoEye1 imagery in colour in Opticks?

Anyone familiar with the use of the open-source remote sensing software Opticks? Im new to opticks, I load GeoEye1 imagery but it displayed as greyscale. It supposed to be displayed as bands ...
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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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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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Getting SAGA-GIS Python Bindings without compiling from source

I am very new to SAGA-GIS, but I recently developed a workflow using SAGA for processing LiDAR data. Now I need to batch the process using Python. I installed SAGA from the Windows installer and I ...
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how to automate changing polygon's shape while keeping its area the same and limiting deviation from orginal centroid?

I have a polygon that was digitized based upon visually interpreting underlying values of rasters/vectors that represent a natural environment (soil type, surface roughness, slope, elevation, ...
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Any Open source implementation just like ArcGIS Desktop Identity function?

I tried to identity thousands of points with millions polygon. ArcInfo work well but i have to get the result from Web Services.So i tried to implement the algorithm(Point in polygon) by myself,it ...
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GeoServer WFS Speed

I have set-up a machine running Windows Server 2008, and GeoServer 2.1.3. PostgreSQL 9.1/PostGIS 1.5.3 are running locally on that same machine, which is hosted at a location with a 250 ...
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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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How can I assign road names from OSM to gis linestrings using open source tools?

Starting with a shapefile of linestrings I want to assign street names to these lines if there is a match with a road/street in OpenStreetMap. There are no exact matches as the linestrings have a ...
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Setting transparency in an SLD file for a 4 channel GEOTIFF

I'm struggling to set the a background colour to transparent in an SLD file for a 4-channel GEOTIFF using GeoServer 2.1.4. I think I've set my background colour to transparent alpha layer in a ...
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How to install ESTAT?

I am new to ESTAT and have been trying to install the latest build (DEC 2009) ESTAT However, every time I click on ESTAT.JNLP (downloaded file), I get an "Unable to launch the application error: Could ...
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Overlaying user raster datasets on nasa world wind

Currently I am developing a desktop application with Nasa world wind JDK for 3d visualization of my data sets, but when i overlay my raster data sets those are vertically exaggerating with the default ...
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Create a color scale/legend for choropleth map using geotools (or other open source Java library)?

I'm experimenting with choropleth maps using geotools. Is there an easy way to add a color scale to the map (using geotools itself or some other os library)? By a color scale I mean a bar that shows ...
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Udig Compatibility with eclipse 3.2

I have an eclipse 3.2 RCP application wich use arcims and kogis api/plugins to display and query arcims server. I will have to change map tools for open source tools. so, I would like to know wich ...