Open Source GIS Virtual Machine

So here is another virtual machine with a lot of preconfigured open source GIS software. I have written about another similar project – GISVM – here. This virtual machine, in turn, is called Arramagong and is based on the XUbuntu operating system. It gives you access to a lot of open source geospatial software; furthermore, [...]

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Preconfigured virtual machine with GIS software

I am not a big fan of Linux and open source software. However, many would find it useful to take a look at a preconfigured virtual machine with a dozen of pieces of GIS software. This machine is provided in the VMWare format and can be opened by using a free client, VMWare Player, which [...]

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PostgreSQL and ArcSDE

ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 version has support for one more database management system (DBMS) for storing our spatial datasets. In addition to the ability of using Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2 and Informix, PostgreSQL can be used now as well. In this post, I would like to give a brief review of this DBMS and [...]

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