Tools taht Support Postgis

Loading Data

• Shp2Pgsql [ExamplesShp2Pgsql]
• [GDAL ogr2ogr | ​http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr2ogr.html] [OGR Examples]
• [Dxf2PostGIS | ​http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxf2postgis] ([Home Page | ​http://www.glasic.it/dxf2postgis.html])

Extracting Data

• Pgsql2Shp [ExamplesPgsql2Shp]
• GDAL ogr2ogr

Web-Based GIS Displaying Data - Open/Free

• [Mapserver | ​http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/]
• (Java-based WFS / WMS -server ) | http://geoserver.sourceforge.net/
• SDK | http://www.codeplex.com/SharpMap - for ASP.NET 2.0

Web-Based GIS - Closed/Proprietary

• [Ionic Red Spider|​http://www.ionicsoft.com]

*[Cadcorp GeognoSIS|​http://www.cadcorp.com] *[Iwan Mapserver (free)|​http://www.webmapserver.de] *[MapDotNet|​http://www.mapdotnet.com/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/Supported%20Geodatabases.aspx]

Desktop GIS Displaying Data - Open/Free

• [uDig | ​http://udig.refractions.net]
• [QGIS | ​http://qgis.org/]
• [mezoGIS | ​http://www.mezogis.org/]
• JUMP
• [OpenEV | ​http://openev.sf.net]
• SDK | http://www.codeplex.com/SharpMap - for Microsoft.NET 2.0
• [ZigGIS for ArcGIS/ArcObjects.NET | ​http://code.google.com/p/ziggis/] - uses MS.NET Framework 2.0
• [GvSIG | ​http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig&L=0&L=2]

Desktop GIS Analysis - Open/Free

• [GRASS | ​http://grass.itc.it] using OGR driver: [ Import | ​http://grass.itc.it/grass61/manuals/html61_user/v.in.ogr.html ] [ Export | ​http://grass.itc.it/grass61/manuals/html61_user/v.out.ogr.html ] [ Virtual map link | ​http://grass.itc.it/grass61/manuals/html61_user/v.external.html ]

Desktop - Closed/Proprietary *[Safe Software FME|​http://www.safe.com] *[Cadcorp SIS|​http://www.cadcorp.com] *[Microimages TNTmips GIS|​http://www.microimages.com/announce/] *[ESRI ArcSDE/ ArcGIS 9.3 | ​http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisserver/9.3/dotNet/index.htm#geodatabases/using_th485132809.htm] *[Manifold |​http://www.manifold.net/]