Thursday, May 13, 2010

The OpenGeo Suite : An integrated package of open source geospatial software providing an easy to install Web-mapping and data sharing solution


The OpenGeo Suite is an integrated package of best of breed open source geospatial software providing an easy to install Web-mapping and data sharing solution. It consists of several components. GeoServer is a map and feature server providing standardized Web access to underlying GIS data sources and cartographic quality maps. GeoWebCache is a Web map accelerator, intelligently caching and serving tiles to make maps scale. Styler provides Web styling of maps, built on OpenLayers and GeoExt. GeoExplorer is a pure Javascript map composition application built on OpenLayers and Geoext. Dashboard is a cross-platform desktop application to access all the components. There are samples of Javascript functionality to build custom Web applications.
  • Licenses : GPL
  • Operating Systems : Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
  • Implementation : Java, JavaScript, j2ee, Spring Framework, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, OpenLayers, Geotools, itext, Acegi, Restlet, JAI, h2 database, Titanium

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