[Freegis-list] JaGo and GeoTools: Any comparative remarks?

[Jan-Oliver Wagner]

Hi Stefan,

On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:51:59AM +0200, Stefan F. Keller wrote:
> I am interested in issueing a diploma thesis 
> which should test - among other items - the capabilities 
> of available open source geodata viewers (primarily as 
> stand-alone clients applications). The primary goal is 
> to use them for simple web mapping purposes of a universal 
> vector geodata language (INTERLIS - the GeoLanguage; sort of 
> superset standard of UML/GML from Switzerland, www.interlis.ch).

from your description I read that you are primarily looking for
Free Software web-mapping tools in order to explore (view) geo-data.
This would include server-side solutions such as MapServer.

However, if you are actually looking for a stand-alone client version
send over the Internet, you should not limit your analysis to
tools that run (also) in your browser. In case a local
installation is required, you can install any sort of package.
There is a large list of Free Software packages that allow interactive
geo-data exploration. There is none yet comparable with ArcView though.

> I've found JaGo and GeoTools so far. 
> - does anybody know other relevant projects?

Don't forget OpenMap if you are looking for Java only.

Best

	Jan

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