FOSS GIS

gvSIG Mini for Android and Java

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:59:00 +0000

Source: https://confluence.prodevelop.es/display/GVMN/Home

Main Features

Full list of Features available here.

Multiple Map Layers (satellite images and standard maps).
Low bandwidth usage and offline usage
Maps downloader from the phone.
Support for WMS and WMS-C layers
Layer configuration downloader
Address and Points Of Interest search
Route finder
Compass support and Navigation Mode
GPS, Cell and Network GeoLocation positioning
Share your location: Twitter, SMS, Email, Facebook...
Street View integration
QuickZoom: SlideBar or DoubleTap
Compatible with Low and High Screen Resolutions. Portrait and Lansdcape orientation.
Versions for: Android phones, Standard Java mobile phones (JavaME), Blackberry
Free to use (GNU/GPL)
Desktop tileset generator. Phone Cache is a tile generator for gvSIG Mini

Download

OSGeo-Live 5.0

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:51:00 +0000

Source: http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html

OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Xubuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is composed entirely of free software, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around.

It provides pre-configured applications for a range of geospatial use cases, including storage, publishing, viewing, analysis and manipulation of data. It also contains sample datasets and documentation.

OSGeo-Live 5.0 Contents
Download

QGIS Version 1.7.0 'Wroclaw' is released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:45:00 +0000

Source: http://qgis.org/

What's new in Version 1.7.0 'Wroclaw'?

QGIS Screenshots

Download

QGIS 1.6.0 COPIAPO Released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:04:00 +0000

Source: http://qgis.org/

QGIS is available on Windows, MacOS X and Linux. Binary packages are provided for the current version. The current version is QGIS 1.6.0 and was released on 27 November 2010.

Quantum GIS is open source software available under the terms of the GNU General Public License meaning that its source code can be downloaded through tarballs or the Subversion repository (SVN).

For testing and learning purpose, we also provide a sample dataset, which contains collections of data from different sources and in different formats, like GPS data, a small GRASS location, GeoTiff, ERDAS Img, Shape or GML formats.

Warning: Development versions from trunk are provided for some platforms additionally to the released version. Trunk contains unreleased software that is currently being worked on. As such they are unsupported and only provided for testing purposes to early adopters to check if bugs have been resolved and that no new bugs have been introduced. At any given time it may not work, or may do bad things to your data. Use as your own risk. You have been warned.

Download page

6.4.0 RC7 packages for Windows released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:42:00 +0000

Source: http://grass.fbk.eu/

Download: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/

03 Sep 2010: 6.4.0 source code and selected binaries released - The new stable release 6.4.0 is available now
27 Aug 2010: 6.4.0 RC7 packages for Windows - Installer is now available for download
27 Aug 2010: 6.4.0 RC7 source code and selected binaries released - Seventh release candidate of stable release 6.4.0 with new stability fixes
18 Sep 2009: GRASS 6.4.0 module synopsis published - A list of all modules with GUI menu locations

Geographic Resources Analysis Support System

Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is free Geographic Information System (GIS) software used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies. GRASS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation.

Quantum GIS 1.5 "Tethys" Released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:20:00 +0000

Source: http://www.qgis.org

QGIS is available on Windows, MacOS X and Linux. Binary packages are provided for the current version. The current version is QGIS 1.5.0 'Tethys' and was released on 29 July 2010. Development versions (from trunk) are in some cases available but not supported.

Quantum GIS is open source software available under the terms of the GNU General Public License meaning that its source code can be downloaded through tarballs or the Subversion repository (SVN).

For testing and learning purpose, we also provide a sample dataset, which contains collections of data from different sources and in different formats, like GPS data, a small GRASS location, GeoTiff, ERDAS Img, Shape or GML formats.

Warning: For some platforms additionally to the released version trunk builds are provided. Trunk contains unreleased software that is currently being worked on. As such those builds are provided to early adopters and testers to check if bugs have been resolved and that no new bugs have been introduced. At any given time it may not work, or may do bad things to your data. Use as your own risk. You have been warned.

Download

MapWindow GIS 4.8 RC1 Released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:16:00 +0000

Source: http://www.mapwindow.org/download.php?show_details=1

Full MapWindow GIS application installation - v4.8 First release candidate. For 32-bit machines (x86 and WOW64).

Download

Update plugins available: http://www.mapwindow.org/download.php

Arramagong 3.0 Released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:05:00 +0000

Source: http://www.arramagong.com

Download page or direct download page to ver. 3.0 or direct iso file

Contents of Arramagong version 3.0 are:

* deegree 2.2
* GeoKettle 3.2.0-20090609
* Geomajas 1.4.2
* GeoNetwork 2.4.2
* Geopublisher and AtlasStyler 1.3
* GeoServer 2.0.1
* GMT 4.4.0 Tools)
* GpsDrive 2.10pre7
* GRASS 6.4.0rc5
* gvSIG 1.9
* Kosmo 2.0 RC1
* MapFish 1.2
* Mapnik 0.6.1
* Mapserver 5.6.1
* MapTiler 1.0beta2
* Marble 0.8.1
* MB-System 5.1.2
* Octave 3.0 Mapping Toolbox
* OpenCPN 1.3.6
* OpenJUMP 1.3
* OpenStreetMap tools
* OSSIM 1.8.3
* pgRouting 1.03
* PostGIS 1.4
* Quantum GIS 1.4.0
* R 2.8.1
* UDIG 1.2RC1
* Unofficial gvSIG Mobile for Linux devices v. 0.1.6

ILWIS 3.7 Open Released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:05:00 +0000

Source: http://52north.org

What's new in ILWIS 3.7 Open? Click here to find out!

Click here to access download page

ILWIS 3.7 Open integrates image, vector and thematic data in one unique and powerful desktop package. It delivers a wide range of features including import/export, digitizing, editing, analysis and display of data, as well as production of quality maps.

Key features:

Integrated raster and vector design
Import and export of widely used data formats
On-screen and tablet digitizing
Comprehensive set of image processing tools
Orthophoto, image georeferencing, transformation and mosaicing
Advanced modeling and spatial data analysis
3D visualization with interactive editing for optimal view findings
Rich projection and coordinate system library
Geo-statisitical analyses, with Kriging for improved interpolation
Production and visualization of stereo image pairs
Spatial Multiple Criteria Evaluation
WMS
Surface Energy Balances

6.4.0 RC6 packages for Windows and Mac OSX released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:32:00 +0000

Source: http://grass.itc.it/

Download link: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/

First steps manual: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/helptext.html

Geographic Resources Analysis Support System

Quantum GIS "Enceladus" 1.4.0 Released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:46:00 +0000

Source: http://qgis.org

Download: http://qgis.org/en/download/current-software.html

Whats new in Version 1.4.0 'Enceladus'?

Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS 1.0.x and QGIS 1.3.0. If an unchanging user interface, programmatic API and long term support is more important to you then cool new and untested features, we recommend that you use a copy of QGIS from our Long Term Support (LTS)1.0.x release series. In all other cases we recommend that you use this version.

This release includes around 200 bug fixes, nearly 30 new features and has had a lot of love and attention poured in to it to take our favourite desktop GIS application another step on the road to GIS nirvana! So much has happened in the 3 months since our last release that it is impossible to document everything here. Instead we will just highlight a couple of important new features for you.

Probably the biggest new feature is the addition of the new vector symbology infrastructure. This is provided alongside the old implementation - you can switch using a button in the vector layer properties dialog. It does't replace the old symbology implementation completely yet because there are various isues that need to be resolved and a large amount of testinhen it is considered ready.

QGIS now has a field calculator, accessible via a button in the attribute section of the vector properties, and from the attribute table user interface. You can use feature length, feature area, string concatenation and type conversions in the field calculator, as well as field values.

The map composer has had a lot of attention. A grid can now be added to composer maps. Composer maps can now be rotated in the layout. The limitation of a single map layout per project has been removed. A new composer manager dialog has been added to manage the existing composer instances. The composer widget property sheets have been completely overhauled to use less screen space

Various parts of the user interface have been overhauled with the goal of improving consistency and to improve support for netbooks and other smaller screen devices. Loading and saving of shortcuts. Position can now be displayed as Degrees, Minutes, Seconds in the status bar. The add, move and delete vertex buttons are now removed and the node tool is moved from the advanced editing toolbar to the standard editing toolbar. The identification tool has also undergone numerous improvements.

A render caching capability has been added to QGIS. This speeds up common operations such as layer re-ordering, changing symbology, WMS / WFS client, hiding / showing layers and opens the door for future enhancements such as threaded rendering and pre-compositing layer cache manipulation. Note that it is disabled by default, and can be enabled in the options dialog.

User defined SVG search paths are now added to the options dialog.

When creating a new shapefile, you can now specify its CRS. Also the avoid intersections option for polygons is now also possible with background layers.

For power users, you can now create customizable attribute forms using Qt Designer dialog UIs.

MapWindow 4.7 Stable Version Released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:35:00 +0000

Source: http://www.mapwindow.org/download.php?show_details=1

MapWindow GIS desktop application is a free, open source, standards-based standalone software package that you can use to view and edit GIS data in many file formats.

The software includes plug-ins for various geoprocessing tasks (e.g. buffer, merge, etc.), watershed delineation, accessing online data sources, and an experimental geodatabase plug-in. The attribute table editor can be used to write simple queries, and there is a complete scripting editor that allows you to write and run scripts in VB.NET and C# directly in the MapWindow program.

Download MapWindow GIS if you need a simple map viewer, or if you want to write your own custom plug-ins to distribute to other users.

The installer includes sample data and is compatible with Windows 98 and up. Source code can be downloaded using our SVN code repository.

Changelogs are available for the MapWindow application and underlying Map component, as well as main plug-ins.

Download:

MapWindow47SR-x86-Setup.exe (47.6 MB - November 13 2009.)
Full MapWindow GIS application installation - v4.7 Stable Release. For 32-bit machines (x86 and WOW64).
MapWindow47SR-x64-Setup.exe (50.1 MB - November 14 2009.)
Full MapWindow GIS application installation - v4.7 Stable Release. For 64-bit machines (x86-64 and AMD64). Experimental!
MapWindowCF47SR-x86-Setup.exe (30.3 MB - November 13 2009.)
Redistributable installer (v4.7 Stable Release) for use with plugin-based applications. Useful command-line arguments: /verysilent or /silent
MapWindowCF47SR-x64-Setup.exe (32.5 MB - November 14 2009.)
Redistributable installer (v4.7 Stable Release) for use with plugin-based applications. Useful command-line arguments: /verysilent or /silent For 64-bit machines (x86-64 and AMD64). Experimental!

Source Code:	Visit the MapWindow SVN code repository
Source Code Language:	C# and VB.NET (Visual Studio 2008 sp1)
License Type:	MPL 1.1
Developer:	MapWindow Open Source Team

gvSIG Mini

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:46:00 +0000

Source:
http://gvsigmini.org
https://confluence.prodevelop.es/display/GVMN/Home

gvSIG Mini is a map viewer for mobile phones, that displays existing free maps tiles services, such as OpenStreetMap, Yahoo Maps, Microsoft Bing and more.

Main Features

Map viewer for: OpenStreetMap, Yahoo Maps, Bing Maps, ...
Satellite images and standard maps
Free to use (GPL)
Address search
Low bandwidth usage
Fast
Maps downloader
Offline usage
GPS Usage
Points Of Interest
Route finder
Versions for: Android phones, Standard Java mobile phones (JavaME), Blackberry
Tileset generator. Phone Cache is a tile generator for gvSIG Mini

Download

Documentation

ILWIS 3.6.01 released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:46:00 +0000

Refer to http://www.ilwis.org/, new feature capabilities from 3.6.00 are:

- Full integration of GDAL, a library that offers access to many raster formats;
- Access to Postgres/gis databases for data and maps; and
- Extension and improvements of the SEBS functionality.

Here is the download page

or

Here is the direct link

You may also click here to access the history of ILWIS development

Arramagong

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:01:00 +0000

Source: http://www.arramagong.com/Arramagong/home.html

Arramagong is a self-contained live DVD and Virtual Machine, based on XUbuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is composed entirely of free software, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around.

Arramagong provides effective tools for a range of geospatial use cases, including storage, publishing, viewing, analysis and manipulation of data. It also contains sample datasets and standard software products, including Apache Web Server, Apache Tomcat Application Server, Sun Java, PostgreSQL and PGAdmin.

You can use Arramagong without the need to install anything. Simply reboot your machine with the DVD in the tray, or run the Virtual Machine inside VMware Player or VirtualBox. In the boot menu selection choose "live", or wait 10 secs for the automatic select. The DVD/Virtual Machine will then start Linux and you will be able to trial all the applications and services directly from the desktop.

Application passwords are in the passwords.txt file on the desktop.

Most of the applications can be installed on Apple OSX and Microsoft Windows as well. The Arramagong Live DVD has Macintosh Leopard/Snow Leopard and Windows XP/Vista installers in the WindowsInstallers and MacInstallers folders.

Contents of Arramagong version 2.0.3
•deegree 2.2
•GeoKettle 3.2.0-20090609
•GeoNetwork 2.4.1
•GeoServer 1.7.6
•GpsDrive 2.10pre7
•GRASS 6.4.0
•gvSIG 1.9RC1
•Kosmo 1.2.1
•MapFish 1.2dev
•Mapnik
•Mapserver 5.4
•MapTiler 1.0 beta1
•OpenLayers
•pgRouting 1.03
•PostGIS 8.3
•Quantum GIS
•R 2.8.1
•UDIG 1.2-M6

Download

Quantum GIS "Mimas" 1.3.0 released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:27:00 +0000

Source: http://www.qgis.org/en/download/current-software.html

The development release series are provided to offer users a chance to try out new features as they make their way into the code base. We will not support these releases over a long term and they are aimed more for those who value new features over stability. We use the term 'stability here in the sense of 'not changing a lot' rather than 'not crashing' - in general our development releases are continually improving in terms of reliability and application robustness. The current development version is QGIS 1.3.0 'Mimas' and was released on 20 September 2009. We offer Ready-to-Run software packages (.exe, .dmg, .deb, .rpm) for many platforms listed in the table below. If your OS is missing from the list below, please check again soon - we add new packages as they become available.

Download

Thuban

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:10:00 +0000

Source: http://thuban.intevation.org/

Screenshoots

Docs

Download

Thuban is an Interactive Geographic Data Viewer with the following features:

Vector Data Support: Shapefile, PostGIS Layer and OGR
Raster Data Support: GeoTIFF Layer and GDAL
Comfortable Map Navigation
Object Identification and Annotation
Legend Editor and Classification
Table Queries and Joins
Projection Support
Printing and Vector Export
API for Add-Ons (Extensions)
Multi-Language Support: English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Czech and Spanish
User Manual (English)
Thuban is extensible and multi-platform (GNU/Linux, Windows, ...). It is Free Software under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL).

FalconView™

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:11:00 +0000

Source: http://www.falconview.org/trac/FalconView

Screen shots

Features

Quick start

Download Mirror

FalconView™

FalconView is a mapping tool for Windows which was developed for the US government.

It supports the display of aeronautical charts, satellite images and elevation maps. FalconView also supports a large number of overlay types that can be displayed over any map background. The current overlay set is targeted toward military mission planning users and is oriented towards aviators and aviation support personnel.

FalconView is an integral part of the Portable Flight Planning Software (PFPS). This software suite includes FalconView, Combat Flight Planning Software (CFPS), Combat Weapon Delivery Software (CWDS), Combat Air Drop Planning Software (CAPS) and several other software packages built by various software contractors.

Who uses FalconView™?

FalconView is used by a large portion of the U.S. Air Force mission planning community and the U.S. Special Operations Forces. The initial version was used almost exclusively by U.S. Air Force F-16 pilots. Later versions were quickly adopted by other fighters as well as the airlift, bomber, and tanker communities. FalconView is currently used by all branches of the US Armed services and by a large number of Allied Countries.

Who developed FalconView™?

FalconView was developed by researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute located on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional information can be obtained by sending e-mail to Chris Bailey.

More information on FalconView™ can be found at http://www.falconview.org/. A list of some of the features of the public, open source version of FalconView are available here (does not list all features of Government version).

http://www.falconview.org/trac/FalconView/wiki/FalconView

Quantum GIS "Daphnis" 1.2.0 released

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:01:00 +0000

Source: http://qgis.org/en/download/current-software.html

Development software packages

The development release series are provided to offer users a chance to try out new features as they make their way into the code base. We will not support these releases over a long term and they are aimed more for those who value new features over stability. We use the term 'stability here in the sense of 'not changing a lot' rather than 'not crashing' - in general our development releases are continually improving in terms of reliability and application robustness. The current development version is QGIS 1.2.0 'Daphnis' and was released on 31 August 2009. We offer Ready-to-Run software packages (.exe, .dmg, .deb, .rpm) for many platforms listed in the table below. If your OS is missing from the list below, please check again soon - we add new packages as they become available.

Portable GIS Updated Available (Ver. 2)

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:54:00 +0000

Announcement: Portable GIS Version 2 is released!

Download it here

Portable GIS

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:08:00 +0000

Source: http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/portable-gis/

GIS on a USB stick.

UPDATE: Portable GIS now has a google group for support, enhancement requests and discussion

UPDATE: You can now download the package here!

UPDATE: Go here for some information on the postgresql connection details, and here for a small patch

The philosophy behind this idea was to provide beginners with a ready-installed and configured stack of open source GIS tools that would run in windows without the need for emulation or a live cd. By taking out the often difficult installation and configuration, I hope to make it easier for beginners to get started with open source GIS, so they are not put off before it gets interesting and fun. Not only that, but having a fully self-contained GIS system may prove useful in a number of real-life situations.

The current set of software includes:

Desktop GIS packages GRASS (windows native version 6.3: does not need cygwin), QGIS (version 0.10 with GRASS plugin) and gvSIG (version 1.1),
FWTools (GDAL and OGR toolkit, version 2.10)
XAMPPlite (Apache2/MySQL5/Php5),
PostgreSQL (version 8.2)/Postgis (version 1.1),
Mapserver, OpenLayers, Tilecache, Featureserver, and Geoserver web applications.

The packages and menu system are all open source, but each component has a separate license. Some of the components have been altered in order to make them drive-letter independent.

Provisoes:

This is not for production use. In order to keep end user configuration to a minimum there are a number of security holes and as such it should be used for demonstration and home use only.
It is also not “stealth GIS”- no attempt has been made to leave no trace on the host system.

The current level of development is that it is fully working, but still in development, so expect frequent updates (and bugs…)

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:49:00 +0000

Source: http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~biehl/MultiSpec/

Download page:
Window
Mac

Documentation

Tutorial/exercises

MultiSpec (©Purdue Research Foundation) is a processing system for interactively analyzing Earth observational multispectral image data such as that produced by the Landsat series of Earth satellites and hyperspectral image data from current and future airborne and spaceborne systems such as AVIRIS. The primary objective of MultiSpec is as an aid to export the results of our research into devising good methods for analyzing such hyperspectral image data. It has also found significant use in other applications such as multiband medical imagery and in K-12 and university level educational activities. There are currently in excess of several thousand known, registered users.

MultiSpec satisfies the following design goals:

The implementation should be on a readily available computer platform which has adequate processing power, but is financially within the reach of any Earth science researcher (i.e., computer platforms < $2000).
The system should be easy to learn and easy to use, even for the infrequent user, using the most modern of software environments.
The system should provide for easy import of data in a variety of formats, and easy export of results, both in thematic map and in tabular form.

The work of building the current capability began by implementing an upgraded version of the LARSYS multispectral image data analysis system. LARSYS is one of the first remote sensing multispectral data processing systems, originally created during the 1960's. A number of systems in government laboratories, university research labs, and several commercially offered products are descendants of LARSYS. The current system, called MultiSpec, has been implemented for the Apple Macintosh and PC-Windows personal workstations. A reasonably current generation, middle range machine and color display, would have a street price of less than $2000 at the present time. Such a system is capable of classifying in excess of 6 million pixel-classes per minute using 12 bands and a Gaussian maximum likelihood scheme. Given the current cost/performance trends, even more cost-effective systems are likely to be available in the future.

New capabilities are continually added to MultiSpec as they emerge from our research on hyperspectral processing. Capabilities of the current version of MultiSpec include the following.

Import data in either Binary or ASCII format with or without a header, and in Band Interleaved by Line (BIL), Band Sequential (BSQ), or Band Interleaved by Sample (BIS) formats. The data values may be 8-bit integer, 16-bit integer, 32-bit integer, 32-bit real or 64-bit real. In cases of two, four or eight bytes per sample, the bytes may be in either order.
Display multispectral images in a variety of B/W or color formats using linear or equal area gray scales; display (internally generated) thematic images also in B/W or color, with an ability to control the color used for each theme. ArcView Shape Files may be overlain on the images.
Histogram data for use in determining the gray scale regime for a display or for listing and graphing.
Reformat the data file in a number of ways, e.g., by adding a standard header, changing from any one of the three interleave formats to either of the other two, editing out channels, combining files, adding or modifying channel descriptions, mosaicing data sets, changing the geometry of a data set, and a number of other changes.
Create new channels of data from existing channels. The new channels may be the result of a principal components or feature extraction transformation of the existing ones, or they may result from the ratio of a linear combination of existing bands divided by a different linear combination of bands.
Cluster data using either a single pass or an iterative (isodata) clustering algorithm. Save the results for display as a thematic map. Cluster statistics can also be saved as class statistics. Use of clustering followed by ECHO spectral/spatial classification provides an effective multivariate scene segmentation scheme.
Define classes via designating rectangular or polygonal training fields or mask image files, compute field and class statistics, and define test fields for use in evaluating classification results quantitatively. A feature called "Enhance Statistics" also allows one to improve the extent to which the defined class statistics fit the composite of all data in the data set. A covariance estimation scheme (LOOC) can optimize that estimate for small training sets.
Determine the best spectral features to use for a given classification using (a) searching for the best subset of features using any of five statistical distance measures, (b) a method based directly upon decision boundaries defined by training samples, or (c) a second method based directly upon the discriminant functions. Also included are methods especially designed to search for narrow spectral features such as spectroscopic characteristics, and for use of projection pursuit as a means of further improving the features extracted.
Classify a designated area in the data file. Six different classification algorithms are available: use of minimum distance to means, correlation classifier (SAM), matched filter (CEM), Fisher linear discriminant, the Gaussian maximum likelihood pixel scheme, or the ECHO spectral/spatial classifier. Save the results for display as a thematic map, with or without training and test fields being shown. Apply a threshold to a classification, and generate a probability/threshold map showing the degree of membership of each pixel to the class to which it was assigned.
List classification results of training or test areas in tabular form on a per field, per class, or groups of classes basis.
Show a graph of the spectral values of a currently selected pixel or the mean ± s for a selected area. Show scatter diagrams of data from pairs of bands and ellipses of concentration for training sets and selected areas. Show a graph of the histograms of the class or field data values used for training. Show the coordinates of a currently selected area.
Show a color presentation of the correlation matrix for a field or class as a visualization tool especially for hyperspectral data.
Several additional utility functions including listing out a subset of the data e.g., for use externally, conducting principal component analysis, etc.
Transfer intermediate or final results, be they text, B/W image or color image, to other application programs such as word processors, spreadsheet, or graphics program by copying and pasting or by saving and then opening the saved file within another application.

The MultiSpec implementation is carried out in such a way that the primary limit on the number of lines or columns of the data, the number of spectral bands, etc., are those determined by the available disk and memory space. Taken together, these capabilities provide a state-of-the-art capability to analyze moderate and high dimensional multispectral data sets of practical size. All versions, along with a 170+ page document listing its capabilities in more detail and providing tutorial exercises in its use, is available, along with substantial additional documentation, via the World Wide Web.

ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education (AEJEE)

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:20:00 +0000

Source: http://edcommunity.esri.com/software/aejee/

Download page or here

System requirements

FAQ

AEJEE Overview Documents

Free Desktop GIS for Windows and Macintosh (OSX)

ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) is a downloadable, lightweight GIS tool for exploring geographic data. AEJEE can save and open projects, so work can be shared between users, or between school and home. AEJEE can classify and symbolize shapefiles, integrate a wide array of image data, project on-the-fly shapefiles stored in decimal degree, and use data distributed over the Internet from ArcIMS services from the Geography Network, or other hosted ArcIMS sites.

AEJEE Overview Documents

AEJEE Slideshow Intro

AEJEE Text Intro

What's New in AEJEE 2.3.2?
Improved performance
Support for relative path names for local data
Color option choices for PNG image export
Improved selections/sorting in attribute table
Support for parental controls for non-administrative accounts, on Mac OS X

More...

Hydro SIG

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:13:00 +0000

Source: http://cancerbero.unalmed.edu.co

Download page

Screen shots

Features

Documentations

HidroSIG
It is, in general, a Geographical Information System (GIS) with special tools that will allow you to make estimations and analysis of hydrological, climatic and geomorphological variables.

ILWIS

noreply@blogger.com (carrier.wgs84) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:06:00 +0000

Source:
http://www.itc.nl/ilwis
http://52north.org
http://www.ilwis.org

Download page
or here

User guide

Tutorial ILWIS Bahasa Indonesia

ILWIS - the Remote Sensing and GIS software -

The Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS) is a PC-based GIS & Remote Sensing software, developed by ITC up to its last release (version 3.3) in 2005. ILWIS comprises a complete package of image processing, spatial analysis and digital mapping. It is easy to learn and use; it has full on-line help, extensive tutorials for direct use in courses and 25 case studies of various disciplines.

Why ILWIS ?

Key features

Vector and Raster capacity integrated into 1 software package
Developed by an autonomous higher education institution under the Dutch government
Initiated in 1984 with a subsidy from the Ministry of Development cooperation, ILWIS is one of the oldest GIS programmes around
With both vector and raster integrated into one package, it takes less time to learn to use the programme
Being developed by a training institute, ILWIS has always been tested for its user-friendliness for more than 2 decades on thousands of students
The biggest savings in using ILWIS is in its greater use efficiency, thus saving costly production time
Free open source software available for downloading by anyone
More than 2 decades of development now continued by 52North, a consortium of open source developers
No costly periodic updates required like for the commercial packages;
Some of the greatest selections of import and export modules of widely used data formats
On-screen and tablet digitizing
Comprehensive set of image processing tools
Orthophoto, image georeferencing, transformation and mosaicing
Advanced modeling and spatial data analysis
3D visualization with interactive editing for optimal view findings
Rich projection and coordinate system library
Geo-statistical analyses, with Kriging for improved interpolation
Production and visualization of stereo image pairs
Spatial Multiple Criteria Evaluation
More than 2,000 pages in the help
Very extensive training documents with training files.

THE HISTORY OF ILWIS

FOSS GIS

gvSIG Mini for Android and Java

Main Features

OSGeo-Live 5.0

QGIS Version 1.7.0 'Wroclaw' is released

QGIS 1.6.0 COPIAPO Released

6.4.0 RC7 packages for Windows released

Quantum GIS 1.5 "Tethys" Released

MapWindow GIS 4.8 RC1 Released

Arramagong 3.0 Released

ILWIS 3.7 Open Released

6.4.0 RC6 packages for Windows and Mac OSX released

Geographic Resources Analysis Support System

Quantum GIS "Enceladus" 1.4.0 Released

Whats new in Version 1.4.0 'Enceladus'?

MapWindow 4.7 Stable Version Released

gvSIG Mini

Main Features

ILWIS 3.6.01 released

Arramagong

Quantum GIS "Mimas" 1.3.0 released

Thuban

FalconView™

FalconView™

Who uses FalconView™?

Who developed FalconView™?

Quantum GIS "Daphnis" 1.2.0 released

Portable GIS Updated Available (Ver. 2)

Portable GIS

MultiSpec© A Multispectral Image Data Analysis System

ArcExplorer—Java Edition for Education (AEJEE)

Hydro SIG

ILWIS

ILWIS - the Remote Sensing and GIS software -