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Osgeo: traditional analytic gis
packages concerning traditional analytic GIS

OSGEO Desktop apps part 1

Debian packages which are dealing traditional analytic GIS

FIXME: Idea from https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/install_icons_and_menus.sh#L34 but needs enhancement

The list to the right includes various software projects which are of some interest to the Debian GIS Project. Currently, only a few of them are available as Debian packages. It is our goal, however, to include all software in Debian GIS which can sensibly add to a high quality Debian Pure Blend.

For a better overview of the project's availability as a Debian package, each head row has a color code according to this scheme:

If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian GIS to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to send a description of that project to the Debian GIS mailing list

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Debian GIS Osgeo: traditional analytic gis packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Grass
Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS GIS)
Versions of package grass
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
squeeze6.4.0~rc6+42329-3amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc
wheezy6.4.2-2all
jessie6.4.3-3all
sid6.4.3-3all
upstream7.0.0~beta1
Debtags of package grass:
fieldgeography
interfacex11, commandline
roleprogram
sciencevisualisation, plotting, modelling, calculation
scopeapplication
uitoolkitwxwidgets, tk, ncurses, motif
useviewing, organizing, learning, converting, analysing
works-withtext, image:vector, image:raster, image, db, 3dmodel
x11application
Popcon: 39 users (6 upd.)*
Newer upstream!
 License: DFSG free
Git

Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/map production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many government agencies and environmental consulting companies.

Install this virtual package to get a full GRASS system.
The package is enhanced by the following packages: e00compr
Screenshots of package grass
Qgis
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Versions of package qgis
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
squeeze1.4.0+12730-5amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc
wheezy1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1.1amd64,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,mips,mipsel,s390,sparc
jessie2.2.0-1amd64,armel,armhf,i386,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390x
sid2.2.0-1amd64,armel,armhf,i386,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390x,sparc
upstream2.4.0
Debtags of package qgis:
fieldgeography
interfacex11
roleprogram
scopeutility, application
uitoolkitqt
useviewing, organizing, learning, editing
works-withtext, image:vector, image:raster, image
x11application
Popcon: 609 users (109 upd.)*
Newer upstream!
 License: DFSG free
Git

A Geographic Information System (GIS) manages, analyzes, and displays databases of geographic information. QGIS supports shape file viewing and editing, spatial data storage with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, projection on-the-fly, map composition, and a number of other features via a plugin interface. QGIS also supports display of various georeferenced raster and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) formats including GeoTIFF, Arc/Info ASCII Grid, and USGS ASCII DEM.
Other screenshots of package qgis
VersionURL
1.7.4http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshots/q/qgis/8789_large.png
 Screenshots of package qgis
Saga
System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses
Versions of package saga
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
squeeze2.0.4+dfsg-2amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc
jessie2.1.0+dfsg-1amd64,armel,armhf,i386,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390x
sid2.1.0+dfsg-1amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390x,sparc
upstream2.1.2
Debtags of package saga:
devellang:c++
fieldgeography
interfacex11
roleprogram
scopeapplication
uitoolkitwxwidgets
useviewing
works-withimage
x11application
Popcon: 12 users (3 upd.)*
Newer upstream!
 License: DFSG free
Git

SAGA GIS (System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses) is a free and open source geographic information system used for editing and analysing spatial data. It includes a large number of modules for the analysis of vector (point, line and polygon), table, grid and image data. Among others the package includes modules for geostatistics, image classification, projections, simulation of dynamic processes (hydrology, landscape development) and terrain analysis. The functionality can be accessed through a GUI, the command line or by using the C++ API.
Spatialite-bin
Geospatial extension for SQLite - tools
Versions of package spatialite-bin
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
squeeze2.4.0~rc2-5amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc
wheezy3.0.0~beta20110817-3+deb7u1amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc
jessie4.1.1-4amd64,armel,armhf,i386,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390x
sid4.1.1-4amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390x,sparc
Debtags of package spatialite-bin:
roleprogram
uitoolkitncurses
Popcon: 28 users (16 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
 License: DFSG free
Git

The SpatiaLite extension enables SQLite to support spatial (geometry) data in a way conformant to OpenGis specifications, with both WKT and WKB formats.

Spatialite also includes Virtualshape and Virtualtext to enable accessing shapefiles and csv/text files as virtual tables.

This package contains tools useful to manage SQLite databases.

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

Openjump
Open Java Unified Mapping Platform JUMP
 License: free
Debian package not available
Svn
Version: 1.0-5

The Open Java Unified Mapping Platform (JUMP) is a GUI-based application for viewing and processing spatial data. It includes many common spatial and GIS functions.

OpenJUMP has the following features:

  • provides viewing, editing, and processing spatial datasets
  • provides an API giving full programmatic access
  • loading map data using WMS
  • is highly modular and extensible
*Popularitycontest results: number of people who use this package regularly (number of people who upgraded this package recently) out of 167387