From freegis at intevation.de Thu Jul 7 09:55:01 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:55:01 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Earth3D Message-ID: <20050707075501.EFAD41006D3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Earth3D Updated by: jan (2005-07-07 09:50:13) Homepage: http://www.earth3d.org Version: 1.0.2 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ Earth3D is a program to display the earth as a 3D globe (including heightfields) in real-time. One can zoom until cities become visible. It uses huge datasets that are loaded on demand over the internet. It is possible to embed dynamic data into the view. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Jul 12 17:51:06 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:51:06 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] R-Project (rgeo) Message-ID: <20050712155106.DA865101F18@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: R-Project (rgeo) Updated by: jan (2005-07-12 17:49:57) Homepage: http://www.r-project.org/ Version: 2.1.1 ChangeLog: ---------- New version 2.1.1, better name for this entry (just R was not good). Description: ------------ Comprehensive statics package including several support modules for geospatial analysis, among them an interface for GRASS. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Jul 19 15:59:47 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:59:47 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] AppForMap Message-ID: <20050719135947.886F81005BE@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: AppForMap Updated by: jan (2005-07-19 15:57:49) Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/appformap/ Version: - ChangeLog: ---------- The project has been renamed from MapLink to AppForMap due to a name conflict. There is no new version to download yet (for MapLink it was 0.3a). Description: ------------ AppForMap is a web based client for OGC Web Map Servers (WMS), php/mapscript and spatial enabled databases (PostGIS). It provides an HTML / javascript interface for querying wms servers/mapscript and querying/inserting/updating features in PostGreSQL/PostGIS. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Jul 19 23:23:14 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:23:14 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] nMap Message-ID: <20050719212314.DC72D101EE1@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: nMap Updated by: jan (2005-07-19 23:07:50) Homepage: http://nmap.iter.dk/ Version: 0.7 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ nMap is a simple-to-use map renderer that renders GIS vector data for use in web and desktop applications. The engine is written in C# and based on the .NET 2.0 beta2 framework. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Mon Jul 25 14:47:53 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:47:53 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] GeoTools Message-ID: <20050725124753.0D7F91006B9@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: GeoTools Updated by: jan (2005-07-25 14:46:52) Homepage: http://www.geotools.org/ Version: 2.1.0 ChangeLog: ---------- The new stable release 2.1.0 is out.

New to this release is support for DB2, Web Feature Server (WFS), Web Map Server (WMS), and indexed Shapefiles. Description: ------------ GeoTools is a Java based mapping toolkit that allows Maps to be viewed interactively on web browsers without the need for dedicated server side support. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Aug 2 12:32:38 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 12:32:38 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] GeoTools Message-ID: <20050802103238.4B2E91006CD@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: GeoTools Updated by: jan (2005-08-02 12:31:49) Homepage: http://www.geotools.org/ Version: Stable: 2.1.0, Development: 2.2.M0 ChangeLog: ---------- New development release series startet with 2.2.M0. Description: ------------ GeoTools is a Java based mapping toolkit that allows Maps to be viewed interactively on web browsers without the need for dedicated server side support. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Mon Aug 8 10:15:06 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:15:06 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] SRTM30_PLUS Message-ID: <20050808081506.C6601101FB0@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: SRTM30_PLUS Updated by: brent (2005-08-08 10:07:23) Homepage: http://topex.ucsd.edu/WWW_html/srtm30_plus.html Version: ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ This data consists of 33 files of global topography in the same format as the SRTM30 products distributed by the USGS EROS data center. The grid resolution is 30 second which is roughly one kilometer. Land data are based on the 1-km averages of topography derived from the USGS SRTM30 grided DEM data product created with data from the NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. GTOPO30 data are used for high latitudes where SRTM data are not available. Ocean data are based on the Smith and Sandwell global 2-minute grid between latitudes +/- 72 degrees. Higher resolution grids have been added from the LDEO Ridge Multibeam Synthesis Project and the NGDC Coastal Relief Model. Arctic bathymetry is from the International Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (IBCAO) [Jakobsson et al., 2003]. All data are derived from public domain sources and these data are also in the public domain. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Aug 10 10:15:14 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:15:14 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] SRTM30_PLUS Message-ID: <20050810081514.EF1181006A2@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: SRTM30_PLUS Updated by: brent (2005-08-09 11:14:13) Homepage: http://topex.ucsd.edu/WWW_html/srtm30_plus.html Version: ChangeLog: ---------- Added URLs of further download sites. Description: ------------ This data consists of 33 files of global topography in the same format as the SRTM30 products distributed by the USGS EROS data center. The grid resolution is 30 second which is roughly one kilometer. Land data are based on the 1-km averages of topography derived from the USGS SRTM30 grided DEM data product created with data from the NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. GTOPO30 data are used for high latitudes where SRTM data are not available. Ocean data are based on the Smith and Sandwell global 2-minute grid between latitudes +/- 72 degrees. Higher resolution grids have been added from the LDEO Ridge Multibeam Synthesis Project and the NGDC Coastal Relief Model. Arctic bathymetry is from the International Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (IBCAO) [Jakobsson et al., 2003]. All data are derived from public domain sources and these data are also in the public domain. Also available via bittorrent at http://uo.space.frot.org/?GeodataTorrents or WCS and WMS at http://maps.gdal.org/cgi-bin/mapserv_dem? Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Thu Aug 11 08:30:27 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:30:27 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] MappingWidgets Message-ID: <20050811063027.C4EEE1006D3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: MappingWidgets Updated by: jan (2005-08-11 08:25:13) Homepage: http://mappingwidgets.sourceforge.net/ Version: 0.2.3 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ A framework of Mapping Widgets (zoom, pan, info etc) for making simple clients to OpenGIS web mapping servers (WMS). The PHP Smarty template framework is extended with plugins. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Thu Aug 11 09:19:03 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:19:03 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] QuikGrid Message-ID: <20050811071903.08A491006D3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: QuikGrid Updated by: jan (2005-08-11 08:42:33) Homepage: http://www.perspectiveedge.com/ Version: 5.2 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ This program performs 3-D rendering of a surface represented by scattered data points. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Thu Aug 11 09:19:24 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:19:24 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] JGRASS Message-ID: <20050811071924.EF4F11006D3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: JGRASS Updated by: jan (2005-08-11 08:57:17) Homepage: http://www.hydrologis.com/html/jgrass/jgrass_en.html Version: 1.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ A GIS implemented in Java and build ontop of GRASS. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Thu Aug 11 17:43:06 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:43:06 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] monoGIS Message-ID: <20050811154306.892C6101FD8@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: monoGIS Updated by: jan (2005-08-11 17:35:08) Homepage: http://www.monogis.org/ Version: 0.5 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ A GIS for the mono platform. Currently implements WMS and WCS and support a number of geodata formats. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Aug 12 15:05:43 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:05:43 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] PostGIS Message-ID: <20050812130543.4E771101EEC@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: PostGIS Updated by: jan (2005-08-12 15:03:53) Homepage: http://postgis.refractions.net/ Version: 1.0.3 ChangeLog: ---------- Updates from 1.0.1 to 1.0.3. Various bug-fixes along 2 maintenance releases. Description: ------------ PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend for GIS.

PostGIS/PostgreSQL includes the following functionality:

Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Aug 16 09:01:51 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:01:51 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Geospatial Data Abstraction Library Message-ID: <20050816070151.C165C102BF2@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Geospatial Data Abstraction Library Updated by: warmerda (2005-08-15 23:50:19) Homepage: http://www.gdal.org Version: 1.3.0 ChangeLog: ---------- Updated to 1.3.0 release. Description: ------------ GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Aug 16 11:27:06 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:27:06 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] OGR Message-ID: <20050816092706.11ED2101EE5@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: OGR Updated by: silke (2005-08-16 11:25:43) Homepage: http://www.gdal.org/ogr Version: 1.3.0 ChangeLog: ---------- Updated to 1.3.0 release. Description: ------------ The OGR Simple Features Library is a C++ open source library (and commandline tools) providing read (and sometimes write) access to a variety of vector file formats including ESRI Shapefiles, and Mapinfo mid/mif and TAB formats. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Aug 19 12:55:06 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:55:06 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] uDig Message-ID: <20050819105506.E05CC101FBB@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: uDig Updated by: jan (2005-08-19 12:43:01) Homepage: http://udig.refractions.net/ Version: 1.0.1 ChangeLog: ---------- Version updated from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1. Despite the small version step, quite a number of improvements took place along with the usual bug-fixing. Description: ------------ UDIG is a spatial data viewer/editor, with special emphasis on the OGC standards for internet GIS, the Web Map Server and Web Feature Server standards. UDIG will provide a common Java platform for building spatial applications with open source components. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Mon Aug 22 09:02:09 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:02:09 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] DC Maintenance Management System Message-ID: <20050822070209.979E2101F18@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: DC Maintenance Management System Updated by: jan (2005-08-22 09:01:10) Homepage: http://dcmms.sourceforge.net/ Version: 1.0.5 ChangeLog: ---------- Updates from 1.0.4 to 1.0.5. A couple of small new features, improved documentation and bug fixes. Description: ------------ A web-based maintenance management system for water and wastewater networks. Allows to store customer complaints and issue workorder sheets. Rather than using street names, maps and landmarks are used for navigation. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Mon Aug 22 09:14:21 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:14:21 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Mapyrus Message-ID: <20050822071421.C2C081005C8@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Mapyrus Updated by: jan (2005-08-22 09:12:33) Homepage: http://mapyrus.sourceforge.net Version: 0.57 ChangeLog: ---------- Update from 0.55 to 0.57. Most notable small new feature is the creation of HTML imagemaps. Description: ------------ Mapyrus is software for creating plots of points, lines, polygons and labels to PostScript, PDF and web image output formats. The software combines the following three components: A Logo or turtle graphics language, reading of GIS datasets and RDBMS tables, running as a stand-alone program or as a web-server. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Aug 23 07:26:56 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:26:56 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Geographic Resources Analysis Support System Message-ID: <20050823052656.E9B82101F16@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Geographic Resources Analysis Support System Updated by: markus (2005-08-22 17:27:11) Homepage: http://grass.itc.it/ Version: 6.0.1 ChangeLog: ---------- Selected Bugfixes (see ChangeLog for details) * Compilation: fixes for MacOSX * Documentation/MAN: various fixes and improvements * Translation: fixed wrong country code for Vietnam * DBF driver: set columns to null before insert; memory free fix * PROJ: fix ETRS89 datum problems; * Vector lib: segment and line intersection fix; key fix; endless loop fix on zero length boundaries * i.group: create REF file for group in case 'subgroup' parameter is used (fix for i.points) * nviz: added missing online documentation * parser: generate better description for menus/docs * ps.map: make default point size visible; floating point autosizing was breaking category legends; fix default placement * r.flow: disabled nonfunctional offset * r.out.gdal: Fixed quoting problems; WKT fix * r.proj: asymmetric integer truncation error fixed * r.random: cat bug fixed * r.statistics: Fix bug in m_var() * r.sun: fixed units in descriptions * r.surf.idw2: added * v.in.dwg: segfault fixed * v.in.e00: fix for too long coverage names; no topology cleanup needed * v.in.garmin: various fixes * v.db.connect: field info fix * v.select: 3d fix * Scripts: Fixes awk related calculation problems in scripts for various locales Description: ------------ GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a Free Software Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological vector, image processing, volume voxel management/visualization, 2D/3D vector engine with vector network analysis and graphics production functionality that operates on various platforms through a graphical user interface and shell in X-Window.

Books about GRASS:
Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach by Markus Neteler and Helena Mitasova (2004) Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Aug 24 09:28:16 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:28:16 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] R-Project (rgeo) Message-ID: <20050824072816.5ADB71005CD@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: R-Project (rgeo) Updated by: markus (2005-08-23 16:51:38) Homepage: http://cran.at.r-project.org/src/contrib/Views/Spatial.html Version: 2.1.1 ChangeLog: ---------- Updated R spatial URL Description: ------------ Comprehensive statics package including several support modules for geospatial analysis, among them an interface for GRASS. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Aug 24 09:28:25 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:28:25 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] geos Message-ID: <20050824072825.D2928101F01@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: geos Updated by: silke (2005-08-24 09:27:19) Homepage: http://geos.refractions.net/ Version: 2.1.4 ChangeLog: ---------- Update to bugfix release 2.1.4 Description: ------------ GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the Java Topology Suite (JTS). As such, it aims to contain the complete functionality of JTS in C++. This includes all the OpenGIS "Simple Features for SQL" spatial predicate functions and spatial operators, as well as specific JTS topology functions such as IsValid(). Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Aug 24 09:31:37 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:31:37 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] geos Message-ID: <20050824073137.46AAC1005CD@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: geos Updated by: silke (2005-08-24 09:29:44) Homepage: http://geos.refractions.net/ Version: 2.1.4 ChangeLog: ---------- Added link to PostGIS Description: ------------ GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the Java Topology Suite (JTS). As such, it aims to contain the complete functionality of JTS in C++. This includes all the OpenGIS "Simple Features for SQL" spatial predicate functions and spatial operators, as well as specific JTS topology functions such as IsValid(). Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Aug 24 12:36:42 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:36:42 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Python Cartographic Library Message-ID: <20050824103642.53824101FAC@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Python Cartographic Library Updated by: silke (2005-08-24 12:34:58) Homepage: http://users.frii.com/sgillies/projects/PCL/mapping.html Version: 0.9.0 ChangeLog: ---------- Version update Description: ------------ A different API for drawing map images, based on UMN MapServer. Basic aims are:

Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Aug 24 12:50:24 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:50:24 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Cartographic Objects for Zope Message-ID: <20050824105024.85978101FAD@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Cartographic Objects for Zope Updated by: silke (2005-08-24 12:42:01) Homepage: http://zmapserver.sourceforge.net/ZCO/ Version: 0.6 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ ZCO is a Framework for mapping applications and cartographic object management systems.

Cartographic Objects for Zope, or ZCO, is the first application using the Python Cartographic Library. ZCO compares to ZMapServer as the PCL compares to MapServer's mapscript module; more powerful, more flexible, and better suited to developing production mapping services and cartographic workflows. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Aug 24 18:33:37 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:33:37 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] GeoTypes Message-ID: <20050824163337.2A6C0101FCF@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: GeoTypes Updated by: silke (2005-08-24 18:32:55) Homepage: http://people.initd.org/rjt/ Version: 0.4.0 ChangeLog: ---------- Updated of version

Added link to PostGIS Description: ------------ GeoTypes is a python library that implements both the OpenGIS/Postgis and standard Postgresql geometry types, it integrates with the psycopg python/Postgresql interface. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Thu Aug 25 09:56:42 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:56:42 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Python Cartographic Library Message-ID: <20050825075642.4F9E1101FD9@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Python Cartographic Library Updated by: silke (2005-08-25 09:56:17) Homepage: http://zcologia.org/pcl Version: 0.9.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New website. Description: ------------ A different API for drawing map images, based on UMN MapServer. Basic aims are:

Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Mon Sep 12 11:03:51 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:03:51 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] PostGIS Message-ID: <20050912090351.7952D1006BF@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: PostGIS Updated by: silke (2005-09-12 11:03:08) Homepage: http://postgis.refractions.net/ Version: 1.0.4 ChangeLog: ---------- Update from version 1.0.3 to 1.0.4
Mainly a bugfix release Description: ------------ PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend for GIS.

PostGIS/PostgreSQL includes the following functionality:

Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Mon Sep 12 12:20:11 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:20:11 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] mapnik Message-ID: <20050912102011.8F60A1006CF@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: mapnik Updated by: silke (2005-09-12 12:19:52) Homepage: http://mapnik.berlios.de Version: 0.2.2a ChangeLog: ---------- Update from version 0.1 to 0.2.2.a
Bug fixes and better python integration. Description: ------------ Mapnik is a C++/Python toolkit for developing GIS applications. At the core is a C++ shared library providing algorithms/patterns for spatial data access and visualization. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Mon Sep 12 17:08:05 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:08:05 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] RoadMap Message-ID: <20050912150805.7C6D4101EE3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: RoadMap Updated by: jan (2005-09-12 17:07:28) Homepage: http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/ Version: 1.0.11 ChangeLog: ---------- Updated version from 1.0.6 to 1.0.11. One major improvement is a better visual impression. Description: ------------ A street navigation system using the US Census maps and GPS. RoadMap works also for GNU/Linux PDAs such as Zaurus and iPaq. It can use either GTK or QT. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Sep 16 10:48:57 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:48:57 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] gvSIG Message-ID: <20050916084857.987B61006AC@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: gvSIG Updated by: silke (2005-09-16 10:46:00) Homepage: http://www.gvsig.gva.es Version: 0.4 ChangeLog: ---------- Updated from version 0.3 to 0.4
a lot of new features, including improved or new access to WMS resp. WCS, access to different file formats, table access and new map composition possibilities.

Homepage now available in english. Description: ------------ gvSIG is a tool for handling geographical information. It has a friendly interface, is capable to access several (raster and vector) formats. It will integrate in a single view both local and remote data through WFS, WMS and WCS. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Sep 16 15:38:54 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:38:54 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] GRASS GIS 6.0 Tutorial Message-ID: <20050916133854.4E41D1006A1@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: GRASS GIS 6.0 Tutorial Updated by: jan (2005-09-16 15:38:13) Homepage: http://www.gdf-hannover.de/literature Version: 1.2 ChangeLog: ---------- Updated from version 1.1 to 1.2. Description: ------------ The book covers an introduction to the Free Geographic Information System GRASS 6.0. It extends the available literature about GRASS 6 by aspects of installation and practical usage and offers up to date material for the use of the latest GRASS developments at the time of writing.

The document focuses on the new vector functionalities, network analysis, database management systems (DBMS) and the new graphical user interface (GUI). A section about the interaction with Quantum GIS as graphical user interface is also included. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Sep 16 16:27:37 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:27:37 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] PrimaGIS Message-ID: <20050916142737.304E81006CF@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: PrimaGIS Updated by: jan (2005-09-16 16:17:43) Homepage: http://www.primagis.fi/ Version: 0.4.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ PrimaGIS is a collaborative Web mapping application for Plone that is built on top of MapServer, Python Cartographic Library (PCL), and Cartographic Objects for Zope (ZCO). In addition to supporting traditional spatial data sources (e.g. shapefiles, PostGIS databases, raster images, and WMS/WFS services), it allows users to combine data from a content management system (Plone) within the maps. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Sep 20 09:07:27 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:07:27 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] MITAB Message-ID: <20050920070727.101A61006A3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: MITAB Updated by: dmorissette (2005-09-17 17:23:53) Homepage: http://mitab.maptools.org/ Version: 1.4.0 ChangeLog: ---------- update from version 1.2.4 to 1.4.0 Description: ------------ MITAB is a C++ library to read and write MapInfo .TAB (binary) and .MIF/MID files. It is based on the OGR library which is an implementation of the Open GIS Consortium Simple Feature specification. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Sep 20 09:08:03 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:08:03 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] AVCE00 Message-ID: <20050920070803.CAD9B1006A3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: AVCE00 Updated by: dmorissette (2005-09-17 17:25:20) Homepage: http://avce00.maptools.org/avce00/index.html Version: 1.3.0 ChangeLog: ---------- Fixed typo in project name (was AVECE00) Description: ------------ AVCE00 is an ANSI C library that makes Arc/Info binary coverages appear as ASCII E00. It can be used to read existing binary coverages or create new ones. The library has been designed in a way that it can be easily plugged into an existing E00 translator that you want to extend to support binary coverages. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Sep 20 09:08:39 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:08:39 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] E00compr Message-ID: <20050920070839.4792A1006A3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: E00compr Updated by: dmorissette (2005-09-17 17:16:34) Homepage: http://avce00.maptools.org/e00compr/index.html Version: 1.0.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New 1.0.0 release. Library switched to MIT license. Description: ------------ E00compr is an ANSI C library that reads and writes Arc/Info compressed E00 files. Both "PARTIAL" and "FULL" compression levels are supported. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Sep 20 09:09:01 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:09:01 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] UMN MapServer Message-ID: <20050920070901.A5A831006A3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: UMN MapServer Updated by: dmorissette (2005-09-17 17:21:57) Homepage: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/index.html Version: 4.6.1 ChangeLog: ---------- Update from version 4.6 to 4.6.1 Description: ------------ The heart of UMN MapServer is a CGI-based application for delivering dynamic GIS and image processing content via the World-Wide Web (WWW). The package also contains a number of stand alone applications for building maps, scalebars and legends offline. Access to the development environment of MapServer is possible with a number of different programming languages. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Tue Sep 20 09:19:58 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:19:58 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Open 3D GIS Message-ID: <20050920071958.B587F1006A3@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Open 3D GIS Updated by: jan (2005-09-20 09:12:35) Homepage: http://www.open3dgis.org Version: 0.1 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ The main goal is a simple way to display 3D objects from a Geodatabase on the Web. The core idea is to use a Blender 3D game engine and a PostGIS connection to generate a ".blend" file to the Blender WEB plug-in. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Sep 21 14:30:08 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:30:08 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Geoserver Message-ID: <20050921123008.CCB351005DE@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Geoserver Updated by: silke (2005-09-21 14:29:32) Homepage: http://geoserver.sourceforge.net/ Version: 1.3.0-rc2 ChangeLog: ---------- Version update from 1.3.0-beta3 to 1.3.0-rc2 Description: ------------ The GeoServer project is a full transactional Java (J2EE) implementation of the OpenGIS Consortiums Web Feature Server (WFS) specification. Additionally a OGC Web Map Server (WMS) is realised. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Thu Sep 22 17:06:59 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:06:59 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] coord Message-ID: <20050922150659.9C2BE101FCC@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: coord Updated by: jan (2005-09-22 16:59:08) Homepage: http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk/projects.htm Version: 0.2 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ coord is a Ruby Coordinate Conversion Library that offers some basic geographical coordinates manipulation. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Mon Sep 26 09:30:59 2005 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:30:59 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-updates] deegree Message-ID: <20050926073059.955B71005B9@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: deegree Updated by: silke (2005-09-26 09:29:23) Homepage: http://deegree.sourceforge.net/ Version: 2-beta1 ChangeLog: ---------- Changed project name from JaGo to deegree.
Changed version number from 0.7.7 to 2-beta
Increased importance
In descriptions: Changed Open GIS Consortium to Open Geospatial Consortium Description: ------------ Deegree offers the substantial building blocks for the building of a Spatial Data Infrastructure by implementing the standards of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and ISO/TC 211. Deegree components can be used to either develop a standalone desktop mapping solution to be locally installed on a users machine, or to set up a highly distributed and service-based infrastructure. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team.