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* [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPython GDAL/OGR Python bindings] | * [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPython GDAL/OGR Python bindings] | ||
* [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/mapscript_python Mapserver Python bindings] | * [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/mapscript_python Mapserver Python bindings] | ||
+ | * [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_and_Python GRASS GIS Python bindings] and [http://grass.osgeo.org/programming6/pythonlib.html GRASS GIS Python library] | ||
* [http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/PythonBindings QGIS Python bindings] | * [http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/PythonBindings QGIS Python bindings] | ||
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* [http://gispython.org PCL and PrimaGIS] | * [http://gispython.org PCL and PrimaGIS] | ||
* [http://pygps.org/ Python GIS] Working on a pile of GIS programs in Python. Mostly they make maps, but targetting a total replacement of GRASS, so calling it Python GIS. | * [http://pygps.org/ Python GIS] Working on a pile of GIS programs in Python. Mostly they make maps, but targetting a total replacement of GRASS, so calling it Python GIS. | ||
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*** [http://pygps.org/#mapview mapview], a Python map viewer | *** [http://pygps.org/#mapview mapview], a Python map viewer | ||
*** [http://pygps.org/#LatLongUTMconversion LatLongUTMconversion], a Python library to convert between Lat/Lon and UTM | *** [http://pygps.org/#LatLongUTMconversion LatLongUTMconversion], a Python library to convert between Lat/Lon and UTM | ||
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+ | === Efforts outside the OSGEO world === | ||
+ | * [http://www.nabble.com/satellite-imagery-td24979491.html satellite imagery] -- Discussion on Scipy Mailing list | ||
+ | * [http://geodacenter.asu.edu/pysal PySAL: Open Source Library for Spatial Analysis] | ||
+ | ** [http://regionalanalysislab.org/index.php/Main/STARS STARS] | ||
+ | ** [http://geodacenter.asu.edu/pysal PySpace] | ||
+ | ** [http://geodacenter.asu.edu/pyweights PyWeights] | ||
+ | * [http://softwarecarpentry.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/how-important-is-geospatial-data-to-you/ How Important is Geospatial Data to You?] -- Using geodata with Python may be included in future versions of the Software carpentry course | ||
== Architecture == | == Architecture == | ||
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It is proposed to license the OSGeo Python Library under ... TBD. Certainly OSI compliant. | It is proposed to license the OSGeo Python Library under ... TBD. Certainly OSI compliant. | ||
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+ | == Communication == | ||
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+ | A new mailing list is created: [http://groups.google.com/group/python-gis-sig Unofficial Python GIS SIG] | ||
== Interested people == | == Interested people == | ||
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* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] (proposer) | * [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] (proposer) | ||
* [[User:Sholler|Sebastian Holler]] | * [[User:Sholler|Sebastian Holler]] | ||
+ | * [[User:kotzino|Dimitris Kotzinos]] | ||
+ | * [[User:Landa|Martin Landa]] | ||
+ | * [[User:HernanOlivera|Hernán Olivera]] | ||
[[Category: Software Stack]] | [[Category: Software Stack]] |
Latest revision as of 07:53, 2 February 2012
Motivation
Several OSGeo software projects support Python. However, a global abstraction layer is lacking which would help to do "OSGeo Python programming". We think of well documented bindings to the various software projects which are handled as plugins (or whatever appropriate).
Functionality
Shared functions may include
- Import/Export of data
- Linking to external data sources
- Reprojection tools
- GIS analysis
- Plotting and printing
Programming Language
- Python
- SWIG
- ...
Existing code to be recycled
- http://fwtools.maptools.org and http://openev.sourceforge.net
- GDAL/OGR Python bindings
- Mapserver Python bindings
- GRASS GIS Python bindings and GRASS GIS Python library
- QGIS Python bindings
- PCL and PrimaGIS
- Python GIS Working on a pile of GIS programs in Python. Mostly they make maps, but targetting a total replacement of GRASS, so calling it Python GIS.
- Currently in development:
- pygps, a Python GPS
- mapview, a Python map viewer
- LatLongUTMconversion, a Python library to convert between Lat/Lon and UTM
- Currently in development:
Efforts outside the OSGEO world
- satellite imagery -- Discussion on Scipy Mailing list
- PySAL: Open Source Library for Spatial Analysis
- How Important is Geospatial Data to You? -- Using geodata with Python may be included in future versions of the Software carpentry course
Architecture
Draft concept:
+----------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | OSGeo Python Library | User API | | +---------+------------+-------------+-----------+---------+-----+ | | | | | | | | File IO | Streams IO | Projections | Analytics | Print | ... | Abstraction Layer | | | | | | | +---------+------------+-------------+-----------+---------+-----+ | | | | | | | GDAL/xxx | PROJ4 | GRASS | QGIS | ... | OSGeo and related projects | | | |Mapserver| | with Python bindings | | | | | | +----------------------+-------------+-----------+---------+-----+
License
It is proposed to license the OSGeo Python Library under ... TBD. Certainly OSI compliant.
Communication
A new mailing list is created: Unofficial Python GIS SIG