The document discusses the evolution and capabilities of open source geospatial tools and frameworks, highlighting contributions from various key projects and organizations. It details specific software, including PostGIS, GeoServer, and QGIS, along with their functionalities and improvements in spatial data handling and services. The resource is aimed at promoting collaborative development within the open source geospatial community.

1. Open Source Geospatial Ready for Prime Time Mark Leslie LISAsoft www.lisasoft.com

2. Open Source Geospatial Foundation “ Created to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software. Our goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led [geospatial] projects.” 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial http://www.osgeo.org/

3. Open Geospatial Consortium “… an international industry consortium of 366 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications.” 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial http://www.opengeospatial.org/

4. Open Source SDI Architecture 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial

5. Database 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial

6. PostGIS Advanced geometric indexing

7. Basic topology and curved geometry

8. Widely supported by clients and servers 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial Spatial Extensions for PostgreSQL Released by Refractions Research in 2001

9. Simple Features for SQL compliant Image Copyright : William Scot

10. MySQL Spatial Extensions Released in MySQL 4.1 in 2003

11. Supports geometric index on default storage engine

12. Range of analytical functionality

13. Relational operators support BBox only 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial

14. 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial

15. Web Services GeoServer

16. MapServer

17. MapGuide OS

18. TileCache

19. deegree 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial

20. GeoServer WMS, WFS-T, WCS compliant

21. Very strong documentation

22. User friendly administrative web interface 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial Fully featured J2EE geospatial data server Started in 2001 by TOPP

23. Flexible security model

24. UMN MapServer High speed map renderer and server Developed by UMN ForNet project in 1997

25. WMS, WFS, WCS, SOS service

26. Thematic mapping using logical/regex classes

27. Advanced labelling engine 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial

28. MapGuide Open Source Web based geospatial service platform Released by AutoDesk in 2005

29. Includes Fusion development framework

30. Highly scalable design

31. Connection-oriented, role-based security 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial

32. deegree web services Most comprehensive implementation of OGC standards in an open source framework

33. Extremely modular and highly decoupled

34. OGC reference implementation for WMS and WCS

35. WMS, WCS, WFS and security modules 14 March 2008 Open Source Geospatial