= Tools that Support Postgis =


Loading Data
 * Shp2Pgsql [wiki:UsersWikiExamplesShp2Pgsql ExamplesShp2Pgsql]
 * [http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr2ogr.html GDAL ogr2ogr] [wiki:UsersWikiOGRExamples OGR Examples]
 * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxf2postgis Dxf2PostGIS] ([http://www.glasic.it/dxf2postgis.html Home Page])

Extracting Data
 * Pgsql2Shp [wiki:UsersWikiExamplesPgsql2Shp ExamplesPgsql2Shp]
 * GDAL ogr2ogr

Web-Based GIS Displaying Data - Open/Free
 * [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ Mapserver]
 * [http://geoserver.sourceforge.net/ GeoServer (Java-based WFS / WMS -server )]
 * [http://www.codeplex.com/SharpMap SharpMap SDK] - for ASP.NET 2.0


Web-Based GIS - Closed/Proprietary
 * [http://www.ionicsoft.com Ionic Red Spider]
 * [http://www.cadcorp.com Cadcorp GeognoSIS]
 * [http://www.webmapserver.de Iwan Mapserver (free)]
 * [http://www.mapdotnet.com/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/Supported%20Geodatabases.aspx MapDotNet]

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

Desktop GIS Analysis - Open/Free
 * [http://grass.itc.it GRASS] using OGR driver: [http://grass.itc.it/grass61/manuals/html61_user/v.in.ogr.html   Import] [http://grass.itc.it/grass61/manuals/html61_user/v.out.ogr.html   Export] [http://grass.itc.it/grass61/manuals/html61_user/v.external.html   Virtual map link]

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