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qgis× 3586
a user-friendly, cross-platform GIS application licensed under the GNU General Public License.
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arcgis× 2343
should only be used for questions concerning ArcGIS the GIS Platform from Esri. Try wherever possible to use a product tag such as arcgis-desktop, arcgis-server, arcgis-mobile or arcgis-onli…
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arcgis-10.0× 2056
a specific software version of ArcGIS.
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python× 2034
an open source interpreted programming language used in many GIS programs.
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openlayers× 1894
a JavaScript library for creating dynamic map widgets for web sites.
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postgis× 1468
an extension for the PostgreSQL object-relational database that adds support for geographic objects.
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arcobjects× 1138
a set of COM-based APIs from ESRI Inc. that are used in several of their products, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine and ArcGIS Server.
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geoserver× 1122
an open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data.
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raster× 1101
regular grids of values, usually stored in an image-like format.
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arcmap× 1056
the main application of ArcGIS for Desktop and the tag for that (arcgis-desktop) should normally be used in preference
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arcpy× 1002
A site-package created by Esri to expose ArcObjects to Python.
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arcgis-server× 861
software "to create, manage, and distribute GIS services over the Web to support desktop, mobile and Web mapping applications."
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shapefile× 779
A vector data storage format for storing the location, shape, and attributes of geographic features. Often referred to as 'an ESRI shapefile', as ESRI developed it.
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arcgis-10.1× 760
Applies to version 10.1 of ArcGIS
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arcgis-desktop× 669
an Esri product from the ArcGIS Platform. This tag should be used to distinguish issues with it from those of ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS for Mobile, ArcGIS Online, etc
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gdal× 602
GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) is an open source translator library & set of command-line utilities for processing raster spatial data formats. As a library, it presents a single abstract …
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c#× 556
a programming language.
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javascript× 548
a prototype-based, object-oriented scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions.
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projection× 544
any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other three-dimensional body on a plane
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openstreetmap× 532
a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. The data is free, and free of legal and technical restrictions. OpenStreetMap is often shorted to OSM.
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postgresql× 522
an open source object-relational database system.
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polygon× 482
On a map, a closed shape defined by a connected sequence of x,y coordinate pairs, where the first and last coordinate pair are the same and all other pairs are unique.
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google-maps× 478
a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google free (for non-commercial use),
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arcgis-javascript-api× 457
web mapping API from Esri.
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geoprocessing× 441
a GIS operation used to manipulate GIS data.
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data× 430
Questions about obtaining data.
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web-mapping× 428
the process of designing, implementing, generating and delivering maps on the World Wide Web ..."
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esri× 423
a developer of general-purpose commercial GIS software, currently marketed under the ArcGIS name. This tag should be used for questions about the company rather than its products which will u…
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wms× 419
Web Map Service (WMS) produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information.
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grass× 389
GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a free, open source geographical information system (GIS) capable of handling raster, topological vector, image processing, and graphic data…
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vector× 336
A coordinate-based data model that represents geographic features as points, lines, and polygons.
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arcsde× 334
a server-software sub-system (by ESRI) that enables the usage of Relational Database Management Systems (RDMS) for spatial data.
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esri-geodatabase× 323
a particular database schema designed by ESRI for managing "layers", "versioning", "topology" and other ESRI application specific storage requirements.
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cartography× 317
The study and practice of making maps.
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qgis-plugins× 292
Software plugins that add functionality to the QGIS package
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r× 290
Statistical computing language and software environment.
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