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What is OrbisGIS ?

OrbisGIS is a pure 100% java GIS. It is developed at IRSTV institute by the geomatic team, since april 2007. OrbisGIS is a free software distributed under GPL 3 license.

OrbisGIS is able :

  • to read and write vector and raster data,
  • to build thematic maps,
  • to process data with an independent SQL processor,
  • to edit - modify vector data.

OrbisGIS is build on top of two libraries :

  • GDMS (Generic Datasource Management System) for vector data and SQL processor,
  • GRAP (GeoRAster Processing) for raster data.

More information can be found here http://www.orbisgis.org/

Why OrbisGIS ?

OrbisGIS has been developed to propose a common platform to federate all scientific researches in the field of geoinformatic. It's the unique denominator at IRSTV for a pluridisciplinary participatory.

Download

You can download the stable OrbisGIS binaries :  http://brehat.ec-nantes.fr/orbisgis/doku.php?id=download:index

If you want to get the last code source, check the svn repository :  http://geosysin.iict.ch/irstv-svn/trunk/orbisgis

  • login : anonymous
  • password : anonymous

How to contribute

1. Report a bug

To report a bug contact info_at_orgisgis.org to obtain an account. Login and click on "New ticket" in the menu bar. Then select "Defect" (select as default) and write your text. To be comprehensible, please respect this method :

  • Context : the way that the bug appears
  • How to reproduce : instructions to reproduce the bug (with the type or name of data used, ...)

You can choose the priority of your ticket, add some keywords, ...

You can see an example of ticket here : http://geosysin.iict.ch/irstv-trac/ticket/226

2. Submit a feature request

To submit a feature request, click on "New ticket" in the menu bar. Then select "Request" and write your request.

You can see an example of ticket here : http://geosysin.iict.ch/irstv-trac/ticket/227

3. Develop a plugin or a GDMS function

OrbisGIS provides you with two ways to build and deploy a custom application:

4. Submit a patch

Please contact directly info_at_orbisgis.org or post on the  list.

5. Share a method

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