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Developer(s) | gvSIG Association |
Initial release | October 2004 |
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Written in | Java |
Operating system | Windows, Linux, Mac OS |
Platform | Java |
Available in | CA, DE, EN, ES, EU, FR, GL, IT, PT,... |
Type | GIS |
License | GNU GPL |
Website | www |
gvSIG, geographic information system (GIS), is a desktop application designed for capturing, storing, handling, analyzing and deploying any kind of referenced geographic information in order to solve complex management and planning problems. gvSIG is known for having a user-friendly interface, being able to access the most common formats, both vector and raster ones. It features a wide range of tools for working with geographic-like information (query tools, layout creation, geoprocessing, networks, etc.).
gvSIG was initially developed for the Generalitat Valenciana (gv), an institution of the self-governed autonomous community of Valencia. This explains the abbreviation gvSIG for which the last three letters stands for Sistema d'informació geogràfica (SIG), or GIS in English.
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Typical tools in a full-fledged desktop GIS client can also be found in gvSIG, among other things:
Sextante [7] GIS has been ported to a plugin for gvSIG adding analysis functions for raster datasets in addition to gvSIG's built-in vector analysis tools. Within Sextante, GRASS GIS can be used as extension to make its algorithms available to gvSIG users. [8]
gvSIG Mobile aims at broadening gvSIG execution platforms to a range of mobile devices, in order to give an answer to the needs of a growing number of mobile solutions users, who wish to use a GIS on different types of devices. So far, gvSIG Mobile is a Geographic Information System, as well as a Spatial Data Infrastructures client for mobile devices. Such a client is also the first one licensed under open source. gvSIG Mobile is known for:
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Typical tools in a mobile GIS client can also be found in gvSIG Mobile:
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