uDig
User-Friendly Desktop
Internet GIS (uDig) is an open source spatial data viewer/editor, with
special emphasis on the OpenGIS standards for internet GIS, the Web Map
Server and Web Feature Server standards.
It is a Java based open source desktop application framework,
built with Eclipse Rich Client (RCP) technology.
It aims to be:
User friendly - providing a familiar graphical environment for
GIS users
Desktop located - thick client
Internet oriented - WMS, WFS, WCS, GeoRSS, KML, tiles geospatial web
services
GIS ready
Features include:
- An out-of-the-box application, with the ability to view,
edit and print files, database (Oracle, SDE, PostGIS) and Web Feature
Servers (WFS)
- An industry-standard extension framework (RCP) for adding
new functionality to the application
- A rich toolkit of Java functionality, ready for developers
to build on
- Uses GRASS for complex vector operations
- Shapefiles
- PostGIS
- WMS
- Native support for many other data sources
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