Purpose of BostonGIS

BostonGIS is a testbed for GIS and Web Mapping solutions utilizing open source, freely available and/or open gis technologies. We will be using mostly Boston, Massachusetts data to provide mapping and spatial database examples.

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Tutorials

Boston GIS blog

Desktop GIS
MassGIS Online Viewer (OLIVER) more ... Quantum GIS more ... User-Friendly Desktop Intenet GIS (uDig) more ... ZigGIS: ArcGIS plugin for loading PostGIS layers more ... gvSIG: GIS Mapping Desktop Client more ...
GIS Events and Groups
FOSS4G 2007 more ... Boston OSGeo Group more ... FOSS4G 2008 more ...
External Data
Mass GIS Free GIS Raster and Vector Layers more ... Mapdex Geographic Data Index more ... MassGIS WebServices more ... US National Atlas more ... Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) Digital 3D Models more ... USGS Seamless Data Distribution System more ... U.S. Census Cartography Boundary Files more ... Massachusetts Office Of Transportation and Planning (EOT) Road Inventory more ... OpenStreetMap more ... US Census Tiger Street Index more ...
GIS SDKs and Frameworks
University of Minnesota Mapserver more ... DM Solutions - Maptools more ... FW Tools - GIS Tool Kit more ... Google Maps API more ... Mono GIS more ... SharpMap more ... MapGuide Open Source more ... Open Layers more ... PostLBS PgRouting - Routing Toolkit for PostGIS more ... GeoServer more ... MapWindow GIS more ... CartoWeb: Advanced Mapping System for the Web more ...
External Resources
Open Geospatial Consortium more ... PostGIS more ... FreeGIS.org more ... Spatial Extensions for SQL Server 2005 more ... GIS Wiki more ... Open Source Geospatial Foundation more ... IBM Informix Spatial DataBlade Module User's Guide more ...
GIS Blogs Around Boston
Raj Singh more ... Miguel de Icaza more ... Chris Schmidt more ... Boston GIS Blog more ... think.random-stuff.org: Allan Doyle more ...
Glossary
OGC SFSQL more ... OGC WMS more ... GIS: Geographic Information System more ... OGC WFS more ... SRID, SRS ID: Spatial Reference System Identifiers more ...
Tutorial and Tip Sites
SpatialDB Advisor more ... Paolo Corti Blog more ... PostGIS Wiki more ... Mass GIS Tutorial Wiki more ... Google Maps API Examples and Test Pages more ... UC Davis Soil Resource Laboratory more ...
External GIS Blogs
Martin Davis: Lin.ear th.inking more ... Ed on Spatial more ... PerryGeo: Matt Perry more ... James Fee - Spatially Adjusted more ... Jeff Hobbs Intergraph,GIS, and Oracle more ... SharpGIS: Morten Nielsen more ... Geobabble: Bill Dollins more ... Glenn Letham - Anything Geospatial more ... Paolo Corti more ... Isaac Kunen more ... Very Spatial more ... Planet Geospatial more ...
External Papers Articles
PostGIS Manual more ... An Introduction to Opensource Geospatial Tools more ... The State of Open Source GIS more ... Introduction to Spatial Data Management with PostGIS more ... Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software more ... Introduction to PostGIS more ... Geoserver and Open Standards: A Success Story more ...

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