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TdhGIS – Free Software for Vector Based Analysis

Filed in GIS Software by Caitlin Dempsey on November 16, 2011 • 1 Comment
TdhGIS – Free Software for Vector Based Analysis

TdhGIS is a free GIS software application for Linux and Windows operating systems for spatial analysis of vector based geographic data.  The software can also be used as a shapefile viewer and editor.  Tim Hirrel is the developer of TdhGIS which was developed using C++, wxWidgets and SQLite.  Hirrel, water resources engineer, developed the software based on [...]

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Linux in GIS

Filed in GIS Software by Caitlin Dempsey on February 3, 2008 • 0 Comments
Linux in GIS

Currently applications and resources geared towards running GIS software on Linux operating systems. fmaps GIS/RS application for Linux and Gnome platforms. Open source code is available for downloading from this site. FreeGIS FreeGIS DVD GNU/Linux. This DVD contains GRASS, a GIS software application as well as server software for web-based, interactive mapping and programming libraries [...]

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GRASS How To: Sample Files

Filed in GIS Software by Contributor on November 13, 1997 • 0 Comments

Example Linux versions of some critical GRASS files This appendix is the home of Linux-specific examples of selected GRASS configuration files. Currently, only several examples of a single file are offered. However, this is the most important file for configuration! Later, examples of database configuration files (e.g. DEFAULT_WIND) and other files may appear. In the [...]

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GRASS How To: Enhancing GRASS

Filed in GIS Software by Contributor on November 13, 1997 • 0 Comments

If you plant to enhance any part of GRASS, read this first! GRASS has been developed for over a decade as completely unrestricted public domain source code and executables. Though there was initial resistance to the existence of such robust software in the public domain, many competitors learned to take advantage of GRASS. It has [...]

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GRASS How To: GRASS 4.2 Quick Start

Filed in GIS Software by Contributor on November 13, 1997 • 0 Comments

Installation Instructions Warning These instructions pertain to the 4.2 release of GRASS. Users are urged to consult the complete installation guide for more detailed instructions. $GIS/src – This directory contains scripts and files used to compile GRASS. By running scripts and changing lists of programs you generate GRASS binaries for your system. You may mount [...]

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