Monday, April 28, 2008

CartoWeb : Advanced Geographical Information System for the Web

CartoWeb is a comprehensive and ready-to-use Web-GIS (Geographical Information System) as well as a convenient framework for building advanced and customized applications.

Developed by Camptocamp SA, it is based on the UMN MapServer engine and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Written using innovative language PHP5, CartoWeb is highly modular and customizable thanks to its object-oriented architecture. It runs evenly on Windows or Unix-like platforms and shows its real power when associated to PostgreSQL/PostGIS.


* Beginners can follow a simple workshop on CartoWeb by follwoing this link : http://cartoweb.org/cwiki/Foss4g07Lab

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