[ubuntu-in] GIS on UBuntu

[Ramnarayan.K]

Thanks

. shp mostly

will look at all the stuff, and i guess only when we start working will we
know what from which

regards
ram

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Sanjay Bhangar <sanjaybhangar at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Sanjay Bhangar <sanjaybhangar at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Dont think there is a 'GIS distro', though it might be cool if you
>>> package one after installing all the stuff :-D
>>>
>>> What exactly do you need  to do ?
>>> Here's some stuff I could think of that's probably useful:
>>> sudo apt-get install qgis qgis-plugin-grass grass grass-dev gdal-bin
>>> python-gdal postgresql-8.3-postgis
>>>
>>> If you want to do web stuff, I would  recommend the GeoDjango frame-work
>>> .
>>>
>>>  will install all that
>>
>> we have some bit of archived material, raw and well finished and we wanted
>> to be able to see them, manipulate them etc
>>
>
> What format is this material in? Try QuantumGIS (qgis), and you should be
> able to import and export shape files (.shp) . If by any chance your
> material is in autocad files, (.dwg), there are tools to convert this into
> .shp files, and then import them into a GPS tool. You can also try TangoGPS,
> which I haven't used myself.
>
>>
>> add on new data, layers,
>>
>> like the new maps that NASA has just released.
>>
>> import GPS points directly onto a layer etc
>>
>> am a GIS novice, most of the work was done by others and on closed systems
>> but i want to make sure as much works on Ubuntu.
>>
>
> I'm really having a good time working with GeoDjango and OpenLayers to do
> web-based stuff like that. If you have some developer skills, its not so
> hard. Else, I think QGis is probably what you're looking for - explore
> TangoGPS, and also i think JOSM is a good user-friendly java-based tool to
> work with your data with Open Street Maps ..
>
>
>> am not sure of what all but right now want to install everything because
>> once i get home won't have access to broadband to install
>
>
> If you want to work with gps devices, apt-get gpsd and gpsbabel as well.
>
> If you do have a lot of data that you want to work with, setting things up
> can be a bit hairy and complicated with different projections of data and
> other GIS stuff .. feel free to ping me, but am not really an expert with
> that stuff..
>
> take care,
> Sanjay
>
>
>>
>>
>> regards
>> ram
>>
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