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As an open source software user, I’m so glad to find out that more and more software and organizations support open source initiative. ‘My excitement goes from the top of some place very high’ (taken from dialogue in Cars –the movie- said by Luigi The Italian Car, an animation movie of Pixar Studio) whenever I hear this on GIS and its related software. One of GIS and remote Sensing software that goes open source is ILWIS start from version 3.4. I firstly noticed about this from http://lgis.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/ilwis-open-source/ (thanks to the owner) with a link to download. ILWIS (Integrated Land and Water Information System) is a PC-based GIS and Remote Sensing software developed by ITC (International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, http://www.itc.nl) of Nederland. “ILWIS 3.4 Open integrates image, vector and thematic data in one unique and powerful desktop package. It delivers a wide range of features including import/export, digitizing, editing, analysis and display of data, as well as production of quality maps.” (http://52north.org).
Before become an open source software, ILWIS was a low-cost software and has a wide user community already. But, in order to create better opportunities for the reuse and deployment of GIS functionality in a wider community, the ITC directorate has recently decided to make current ILWIS software free of charge and to migrate it as such to open source software under the 52°North initiative (http://52north.org).
52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH is an international research and development company whose mission is to promote the conception, development and application of free open source geo-software for research, education, training and practical use. 52°North backs an open initiative, which is driven by leading research organizations and individuals in the international GIS field. …. Our software is published under the GNU General Public License (GPL), but is also available via a dual licensing model for those who would like to tightly integrate our software into their own commercial software products.
Further info:
- http://lgis.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/ilwis-open-source/
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