= 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/]
* [GeoServer (Java-based WFS / WMS -server ) | http://geoserver.sourceforge.net/]
* [SharpMap 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]
* [SharpMap 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/]