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

uDig 1.1-RC14

Price Free to download Size 91.7MB License GNU Lesser General Public License Developer Refractions Research Website udig.refractions.net System Requirements Java Runtime Environment Java Advanced Imaging Support Sites: Documentation, Mailing List Archive Selected Reviews: Cartographica, lordkingsquirrel

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

Last Updated Thursday, April 24 2008 @ 03:24 PM EDT