[hemmerling] Geographical Data / Spatial Data for Geographical Information Systems ( GIS )

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• Databases, Webserver, Webservices, SQL, XML.
• Image Processing.
• Maps & Route Planners.

• EN.Wikipedia "Category:GIS file formats", DE.Wikipedia "Kategorie:GIS-Datenformat".
• EN.Wikipedia "Esri grid".

• The free data ArcGIS Online "Verwaltungsgrenzen Deutschland (De, Länder, Rgbz, Kreise)" by ESRI.
• The free data Arnulf Christl "PLZ", Archive.org "Arnulf Christl: PLZ", Mapbender - Download "plz.zip".
• The free data of Bundesnetzagentur "Sachgebiete / Telekommunikation / Regulierung Telekommunikation / Nummernverwaltung / Verzeichnisse zu Ortsnetzen / ONB-Grenzen".
• The free data of City Population - Einwohnerzahlen & Karten der größten Städte, Agglomerationen & Verwaltungsgebiete für alle Staaten & Länder der Welt.
• The free data of Cloudmade - Downloads.
• Digital Chart of the World Server ( DCW ).
• The free data of DIVA-GIS - “Download data by country. Select and download free geographic (GIS) data for any country in the world” → Germany.
• The free data of GADM database of Global Administrative Areas.
• The free data of Geodan "Download gratis datasamples".
• The free data of Geofabrik GmbH - Downloads.
• The free data of National Geospacial-Intellicence Agency "Country Files (GNS)".
• The free data of US Cenus Bureau "TIGER Products. Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system".
• The free data MapCruzin "Download Free Germany ArcGIS Shapefile Map Layers".
• Natural Earth - Free vector and raster map data at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales.
• The free data and free tools of VDS Technologies "Map Data, GIS Tools".

• Google Developers "The Google Geocoding API".
• MSDN "Bing Maps REST Services".
  • MSDN "Find a Location by Point".

• PostGIS - Adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL.
• MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual "Spatial Extensions".

• The OpenSource Mapping library SharpMap for Windows, .NET with WinForms, ASP.NET.
• The OpenSource GIS library DotSpatial for Windows, .NET with WinForms, ASP.NET.
• The OpenSource .NET control GMap.NET for Windows, .NET - Integration of many Web Mapping Services.
• The OpenSource geometry library NetTopologySuite for Windows, .NET.
• The OpenSource Spatial Reference and Projection Engine Proj.NET for Windows, .NET.
• The OpenSource framework GeoAPI.NET for Windows, .NET - Common framework to improve interoperability.
• OSGeo - Your Open Source Compass - “The Open Source Geospatial Foundation...”.
  • The OpenSource library GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library.
• The OpenSource framework SQL Server Spatial Tools - Scripts, Functions, Types, Aggregates for SQL Server.

• The OpenSource GRASS GIS for Linux and Windows - “The World Leading Free Software GIS”.
  • EN.Wikipedia "GRASS GIS", DE.Wikipedia "GRASS GIS".
• The OpenSource Quantum GIS Desktop ( QGIS ) for Windows and Linux.
  • EN.Wikipedia "Quantum GIS", DE.Wikipedia "Quantum GIS".
• The free CodePlex "SQL Server Spatial Tools" for Windows.
• The free CodePlex "MapGallery of Reporting Services in SQL Server 2008 R2".
• The free TNTmips Free - “No cost installation of TNTmips designed for students and professionals who wish to learn about geospatial analysis. TNTmips Free is not a demo, but a large, full-featured geospatial analysis software package”.
• SharpGIS - GIS from a .NET and JavaScript developer's perspective.
  • The free SharpGIS "SQL Server 2008 Spatial Tools".
    • The free SharpGIS "Shape2SQL" for Windows - “Allows you to easily upload data contained in shapefiles to Microsoft's SQL Server 2008”.
    • The free SharpGIS "SqlSpatial Query Tool" for Windows.

• The free service Satellite Signals "Lat - Long Finder".

• GitHub "mborus/python_pizza_2021_map_code" - “Code and slides for the Remote Python Pizza session 'I Can Show You That On A Map'”. I was pointed to this Python project on the Virtual PythonCamp Cologne 2022 .

• Oracle - "Oracle Database, Enterprise Options - Oracle Spatial".
• Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Microsoft Download Center "Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Feature Pack" - “A collection of stand-alone packages which provide additional value for Microsoft SQL Server 2012” → “Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 CLR Types”.

• The commercial Autodesk Inc. "AutoCAD Map 3D - GIS and Mapping Software".
• The commercial Esri Deutschland GmbH "ArcGIS: Das umfassende GeoInformationssystem".
• The commercial 3 Intergraph Corporation "GeoMedia".

• Book Thomas Brinkhoff: "Geodatenbanksysteme in Theorie und Praxis: Einführung in objektrelationale Geodatenbanken unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Oracle Spatial".
  • The accompanying website Thomas Brinkhoff "Geodatenbanksysteme in Theorie und Praxis".
  • The free Thomas Brinkhoff "Spatial Database Viewer für PostgreSQL/PostGIS".

• Verein für Freie und Open Source Software für Geoinformationssysteme (FOSSGIS e.V.).
  • FOSSGIS 2014 in Berlin, 21.3.2014-03-19 - 2014-03-21.
• Barcamp Wherecamp Berlin in Berlin ( 2015-11-26 - 2015-11-27 ) - “Berlin’s premier conference focusing on the latest trends and insights around digital mapping, navigation and local intelligence”.

• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Reinhard Kreutzfeldt.
• Markus Wöhling.
  • Speech ”Geografische Informationssysteme – wie kommt das Runde ins Eckige?” on the regional event of .NET Developers Group Braunschweig, 2013-04-25.
  • Markus Wöhling "Geografische Informationssysteme – wie kommt das Runde ins Eckige?" ( PDF ).

• Garmin Ltd..
• Lowrance.
• MiTAC International Corporation "Magellan".

• If you should think about buying maps, be shure that selected maps feature the “UTM Grid” ( German: “UTM Gitter” ) - Universal Transversal Mercator Projection!
• In the field of data mining, it might be interesting to do a visualisation of geodata, by the zip codes of the town in which the subjects ( people, companies...) are situated.
• Beginning Spatial.
• Der Bundeswahlleiter - ( once ?) a source for free geograpical data for Germany, in ESRI format.
• European Petroleum Survey Group.
• gis-news. Neues und Wissenswertes zu GIS-Technologie, Interoperabilität, IT, Standards.
  • gis-news. Neues und Wissenswertes zu GIS-Technologie, Interoperabilität, IT, Standards "Links".
• GPS und Mopped - ””.
• Hannover ( Longitude: 9.725, Latitude: 52.34633 ).
• Microsoft.
  • Microsoft MSDN Library "Working with Map Report Items".
  • Microsoft MSDN Library "Bing Maps Tile System".
• Open GIS Consortium.
• ORAYLIS GmbH - Search result for "spatial data".
• WikiBooks "Geospatial Data in SQL Server".
• Wikipedia.
  • DE.Wikipedia: "Landesvermessungsamt".
  • EN.Wikipedia: "Shapefile", DE.Wikipedia: "Shapefile".
  • EN.Wikipedia: "ESRI", DE.Wikipedia: "ESRI".
  • EN.Wikipedia "Spatial database".
  • EN.Wikipedia "Spatial data infrastructure".
  • EN.Wikipedia "Geographic data".

• The paper magazine Wichmann Verlag.
  • The paper magazine “gis.BUSINESS - Das Magazin für Geoinformation”.
  • The paper magazine “gis.SCIENCE - Die Zeitschrift für Geoinformatik”.

• GPS Forum.
• StudiVZ "Prof. R. Kreutzfeldt Fanclub, oder "5en sind nur temporär..."".

• OpenDirectory "Top: Computers: CAD and CAM: Mapping and GIS".
• OpenDirectory "Top: Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Topics: Archaeological Computing: GIS and Remote Sensing".
• OpenDirectory "Top: Science: Biology: Ecology: Landscape Ecology and Spatial Analysis".
• OpenDirectory "Top: World: Deutsch: Computer: CAD und CAM: Kartographie und GIS".