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Purpose of BostonGIS

BostonGIS is a testbed for GIS and Web Mapping solutions utilizing open source, freely available and/or open gis technologies. We will be using mostly Boston, Massachusetts data to provide mapping and spatial database examples.

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Using pgRouting

PostGIS in Action
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Tips and Tricks for PostGIS

PostgreSQL: Up and Running 3rd Edition

GIS Tutorials on Opensource and OpenGIS technologies

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Tutorial and Tip Sites

Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange more ...

PostGIS Online Tutorials: Learn spatial SQL more ...

UC Davis Soil Resource Laboratory more ...

UC Davis Soil Resource Laboratory Rss Feed

Mass GIS Tutorial Wiki more ...

PostGIS Wiki more ...

Paolo Corti Blog more ...

SpatialDB Advisor more ...

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Desktop GIS

OpenJump more ...

Portable GIS : GIS Tools on a USB Stick

A compendium of Open Source GIS Desktop and Web applications you can run right from your USB Flash Drive. It is similar in style to Portable Apps. No installation required. Currently only runs on Windows. Consists of the following:

PostgreSQL 8.2, PostGIS 1.1, GRASS, Quantum GIS (QGIS), gvSIG, FWTools, UMN Mapserver, GeoServer, OpenLayers, Tilecache, FeatureServer, XAMPPlite (Apache2,/MySQL5/PHP5).

gvSIG: GIS Mapping Desktop Client more ...

QGIS more ...

User-Friendly Desktop Intenet GIS (uDig) more ...

MassGIS Online Viewer (OLIVER) more ...

External Data

Baruch CUNY GIS Data Sets more ...

Geofabric OSM data Extracts more ...

US Census Tiger Street Index more ...

OpenStreetMap more ...

Massachusetts Office Of Transportation and Planning (EOT) Road Inventory more ...

U.S. Census Cartography Boundary Files more ...

USGS Seamless Data Distribution System more ...

US National Atlas more ...

MassGIS WebServices more ...

Mass GIS Free GIS Raster and Vector Layers more ...

GIS Events and Groups

AvidGeo LocationTech Tour Boston: December 8th, 2014 more ...

FOSS4G NA 2015 - March 9th-12th, 2015 San Francisco, CA more ...

FOSS4G 2014 - Portland, Oregon more ...

Boston OSGeo Group more ...

GIS SDKs and Frameworks

MapWindow GIS more ...

GeoServer more ...

Open Layers more ...

Open Layers Rss Feed

MapGuide Open Source more ...

GDAL: Geospatial Data Abstraction Layer more ...

DM Solutions - Maptools more ...

Mapserver more ...

External Resources

Strange behavior by design of the spatial function Filter in SQL Server 2008 more ...

SpatiaLite Manual more ...

SQL Server 2008 Spatial Books On Line more ...

SpatialReferences.org more ...

IBM Informix Spatial DataBlade Module User's Guide more ...

Open Source Geospatial Foundation more ...

Open Source Geospatial Foundation Rss Feed

GIS Wiki more ...

FreeGIS.org more ...

Open Geospatial Consortium more ...

PostGIS more ...

Glossary

SRID, SRS ID: Spatial Reference System Identifiers more ...

OGC WFS more ...

GIS: Geographic Information System more ...

OGC WMS more ...

OGC SFSQL more ...

GIS Blogs Around Boston

think.random-stuff.org: Allan Doyle more ...

think.random-stuff.org: Allan Doyle Rss Feed

Boston GIS Blog more ...

Boston GIS Blog Rss Feed

Chris Schmidt more ...

Chris Schmidt Rss Feed

Miguel de Icaza more ...

Miguel de Icaza Rss Feed

Raj Singh more ...

Raj Singh Rss Feed

External GIS Blogs

Masteusz Loskot more ...

Masteusz Loskot Rss Feed

Paul Ramsey - Clever Elephant more ...

Paul Ramsey - Clever Elephant Rss Feed

Glenn Letham - Anything Geospatial more ...

Glenn Letham - Anything Geospatial Rss Feed

Very Spatial more ...

Very Spatial Rss Feed

Unofficial ArcBlog: Marianne Cardwell more ...

Unofficial ArcBlog: Marianne Cardwell Rss Feed

Planet Geospatial more ...

Planet Geospatial Rss Feed

Martin Davis: Lin.ear th.inking more ...

Martin Davis: Lin.ear th.inking Rss Feed

SharpGIS: Morten Nielsen more ...

SharpGIS: Morten Nielsen Rss Feed

Programming Consultant Newsletter: Fuzzy Tolerance more ...

Programming Consultant Newsletter: Fuzzy Tolerance Rss Feed

Jeff Hobbs Intergraph,GIS, and Oracle more ...

Jeff Hobbs Intergraph,GIS, and Oracle Rss Feed

Nicklas Aven Jordogskog more ...

Nicklas Aven Jordogskog Rss Feed

Sean Gillies: Python, Geospatial and The Web more ...

Sean Gillies: Python, Geospatial and The Web Rss Feed

External Papers Articles

PostGIS in Action more ...

Geoserver and Open Standards: A Success Story more ...

Introduction to PostGIS more ...

Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software more ...

Introduction to Spatial Data Management with PostGIS more ...

The State of Open Source GIS more ...

An Introduction to Opensource Geospatial Tools more ...

PostGIS Manual more ...

GIS Quick Guides and References

PostGIS ver. 3.3 Raster Quick Guide - Cheatsheet more ... download

PostGIS ver. 3.3 Geometry/Geography Quick Guide - Cheatsheet more ... download

PostGIS ver. 3.3 Topology Quick Guide - Cheatsheet more ... download

PostGIS 2.0 pgsql2shp shp2pgsql Command Line Cheatsheet more ... download

OpenStreetMap and OpenLayers Tutorials

Part 3: Using your own custom built OSM tiles in OpenLayers more ...

Part 2: Building Tiles with PostGIS OpenStreetMap data and Mapnik: Your Own OpenStreetMap more ...

Part 1: Loading OpenStreetMap data into PostGIS: An Almost Idiot's Guide more ...

Using OpenLayers: Part 2 more ...

Using OpenLayers: Part 1 more ... download

PostGIS, pgRouting, and PostgreSQL Tutorials

Part 1: Getting Started With PostGIS: An almost Idiot's Guide more ...

pgRouting: Loading OpenStreetMap with Osm2Po and route querying more ...

Part 1: Getting Started With PostGIS: An almost Idiot's Guide (PostGIS 2.0) more ...

OSCON 2009: Tips and Tricks for Writing PostGIS Spatial Queries more ...

PGCon2009: PostGIS 1.4, PostgreSQL 8.4 Spatial Analysis Queries, Building Geometries, Open Jump more ...

PLR Part 3: PL/R and Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) RGDAL more ...

PostGIS Nearest Neighbor: A Generic Solution - Much Faster than Previous Solution more ...

Solving the Nearest Neighbor Problem in PostGIS more ...

PLR Part 2: PL/R and PostGIS more ...

PLR Part 1: Up and Running with PL/R (PLR) in PostgreSQL: An almost Idiot's Guide more ...

Part 3: PostGIS Loading Data from Non-Spatial Sources more ...

Part 2: Introduction to Spatial Queries and SFSQL with PostGIS more ...

Miscellaneous Tutorials/Cheatsheets/Examples

OGR2OGR Cheatsheet more ... download

SpatiaLite Tutorials

Part 1: Getting Started with SpatiaLite: An almost Idiot's Guide more ...

Boston External Map Examples

Loading ANSS Earthquake Data Into SQL Server 2008 more ...

City Of Boston EGIS Maps more ...

DND 2011 Survey of Boston Abandoned Property more ...

Boston Atlas more ... download

SQL Server 2008 Tutorials

Part 3: Getting Started With SQL Server 2008 Spatial: Spatial Aggregates and More more ...

Part 2: Getting Started With SQL Server 2008 Spatial: Reproject data and More Spatial Queries more ...

Part 1: Getting Started With SQL Server 2008 Spatial: An almost Idiot's Guide more ...

UMN Mapserver Tutorials

How to Use different kinds of datasources in UMN Mapserver layers more ...

Using Mapserver as a WMS Client. more ... download

General Commentary

Compare SQL Server 2008 R2, Oracle 11G R2, PostgreSQL/PostGIS 1.5 Spatial Features more ...

Cross Compare SQL Server 2008 Spatial, PostgreSQL/PostGIS 1.3-1.4, MySQL 5-6 more ...

General Comparison between Open Source and Commercial Offerings more ...

SQL Server 2008 Katmai will Include Spatial Support more ...

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