Tools that Support Postgis

Open Source Loading Data

• Shp2Pgsql ExamplesShp2Pgsql
• ogr2ogr - OGR Examples
• ​Dxf2PostGIS (​Home Page)
• ​OSM2PostGIS - OpenStreetMap XML (planet.osm) to PostgreSQL, PostGIS and pgRouting

Open Source Extracting Data

• Pgsql2Shp ExamplesPgsql2Shp
• ogr2ogr - OGR Examples
• ​Spatial Data Integrator

Commercial Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)

• ​Safe FME Desktop Translator/Converter and Server Translator and Converter

Web-Based GIS Displaying Data - Open/Free

• ​Mapserver
• ​GeoServer (Java-based WFS / WMS -server )
• ​SharpMap SDK - for ASP.NET 2.0
• ​MapGuide Open Source (using ​FDO)
• ​TinyOWS High performance WFS-T Server. C based.

Web-Based GIS - Closed/Proprietary

• ​Ionic Red Spider (now ERDAS)
• ​Cadcorp GeognoSIS
• ​Iwan Mapserver (free)
• ​MapDotNet Server
• ​MapGuide Enterprise (using ​FDO)

Desktop GIS Displaying Data - Open/Free

• ​uDig
• ​QGIS
• ​mezoGIS
• JUMP
• ​OpenJUMP
• ​OpenEV
• ​SharpMap SDK - for Microsoft.NET 2.0
• ​ZigGIS for ArcGIS/ArcObjects.NET - uses MS.NET Framework 2.0
• ​GvSIG

Desktop GIS Analysis - Open/Free

• ​GRASS using OGR driver: ​Import ​Export ​Virtual map link

Desktop - Closed/Proprietary

• ​Safe Software FME
• ​Cadcorp SIS
• ​Microimages TNTmips GIS
• ​ESRI ArcSDE/ ArcGIS 9.3
• ​Manifold
• ​GeoConcept
• ​MapInfo (v10)
• ​AutoCAD Map 3D (using ​FDO)