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This wiki page documents open GIS organisations, technologies, database sources and open source software available.

Definitions

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomatics_engineering
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system

Organisations

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_GIS_Consortium
• http://geonetwork-opensource.org
• http://www.gissa.org.za/special-interest-groups/open-source
• http://www.osgeo.org
• https://wiki.osgeo.org
• http://www.foss4g.org
• http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS

Standards

• http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geospatial_metadata
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS_file_formats
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:GIS_file_formats

Terminology

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_map
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_graphics
• https://geodata.ethz.ch/geovite/tutorials/L2GeodataStructuresAndDataModels/en/html/unit_u4VecVsRas.html
• http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/7077/what-are-raster-and-vector-data-in-gis-and-when-to-use
• http://www.gislounge.com/geodatabases-explored-vector-and-raster-data/

Vector Data

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_Archive_and_Interchange_Format

Raster Data

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDAL

Geo-location Co-ordinate Systems

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_elevation_model

Geo-location Satellite Technology

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Navigation_Satellite_System
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNSS_augmentation
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNSS_applications
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDOP

Software

• http://geoblacklight.org
• http://geonode.org
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_GIS
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcExplorer
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoTools
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoServer
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapGuide_Open_Source
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapServer
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openlayers
• http://leafletjs.com
• http://cartaro.org
• http://openlayers.org
• https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill

Databases

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GIS_data_sources
• http://www.agis.agric.za
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_sensing
• http://www.naturalearthdata.com

Conferences

• http://2013.foss4g.org
• http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee

Mailing Lists

• http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo

System

• http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/UsersWikiPostGIS20Ubuntu1204
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/mapserver

Training

• https://www.class-central.com/mooc/3493/canvas-net-geographical-information-systems-gis