DESKTOP GIS: MAPPING THE PLANET WITH OPEN SOURCE TOOLS
PART 1 NOTES: common formats •Shapefiles(.shp) •GeoTIFForTIFFwithworldfiles(.tif,.tfw) •JPEGwithworldfiles(.jpg,.jpw) •GPSdata(.gpx) other vector formats •ArcInfoBinaryCoverage •ArcInfoInterchangeFile(.e00 •MapInfo(..tab,.mid,.mif) •SDTS,adatatransferstandardforbothvectorandrasterdata1 •TopologicallyIntegratedGeographicEncodingandReferencing (TIGER)data,usedanddistributedbytheU.S.CensusBureau •DigitalLineGraphics(DLG) other raster formats •ERMapperCompressedWavelets(.ecw) •ErdasImagine(.img) •DigitalElevationModels(.dem) •JPEG2000(.jp2,.j2k) •Multi-ResolutionSeamlessImageDatabase(MrSID)(.sid) •GTOPO30,aglobaldigitalelevationmodel(DEM)derivedfroma numberofrasterandvectorsources Note: use an OSGIS software that uses GDAL/OGR for accessing raster and vector data (GRASS and QGIS) data format deliverable over the web: Open Geospatial Consortium website http://www.opengeospatial.org WebMappingService(WMS), PostGIS -Creating a POSTGis-enabled database: WebFeaturesService(WFS), WebCoverageService...