- FWTools
FWTools is a set of
open source programs forgeographical information systems bundled byFrank Warmerdam (initials FW). The graphical GIS toolset is made forMicrosoft Windows andLinux platforms, and includes several popular subpackages:
*OpenEV – A high performance raster/vector desktop data viewer and analysis tool.
*MapServer – A web mapping package.
*GDAL/OGR – A library and set of command line utility applications for reading and writing a variety of geospatial raster (GDAL) and vector (OGR) formats.
* [http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/ PROJ.4] – A cartographic projections library with command-line utilities.
*OGDI – A multi-format raster and vector reading technology noteworthy for inclusion of support for various military formats includingVPF (i.e.,VMAP ,VITD ), RPF (i.e.,CADRG , CIB), andADRG .
*Python programming languageExternal links
* http://fwtools.maptools.org/
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