Open Source Geospacial Software in Java

Java framework for spatial data infrastructures. OGC and ISO/TC 211 standards; WMS reference implementation, WFS, CSW, WPS, WMTS. OSGeo project.

Open source server for the geospatial web. Publish and edit data via OGC WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS, WPS; JPEG, PNG, KML, GML, Shapefile. Built on GeoTools; OSGeo.

Open source Java GIS toolkit: OGC-compliant manipulation of geospatial data. Used by GeoServer; developed with GeoAPI. OSGeo project.

2D spatial predicates and functions; OGC Simple Features for SQL. LocationTech/Eclipse; used by GeoTools, PostGIS, and others.

Open source vector GIS (with raster); shapefile, GML, WMS, WFS; plugin API. Based on JUMP; multilingual. Hosted on SourceForge and GitHub.

Open source geocoder: forward/reverse geocoding, REST APIs, Java APIs. Importer for Geonames/OpenStreetMap; offline or hosted; XML, JSON, GeoRSS output.

Catalog for spatial data: search, metadata editing, publication workflow. Dublin Core, ISO 19115/19119; OGC CSW, REST API; OSGeo project.

Desktop GIS: raster and vector formats, local and remote data via WMS, WCS, WFS. User-friendly interface; OSGeo project; gvSIG Online for web.

OGC/ISO Java framework for GIS applications (IGN/COGIT). Object model for features, geometry, topology; RDBMS storage via OJB; Oracle and PostGIS mapping.

Desktop Internet GIS: Eclipse RCP application and platform. OGC WMS, WFS, WPS; GeoRSS, KML, tiles. LocationTech project.

Java client for Google Geocoding API: parse address, call service via HTTP, return standardized address object. Subject to Google usage limits.

Free Java geocoder: address parser, Tiger/Line data import, lat/lon from address. US-focused; loosely modeled after Geo::Coder::US.

MapInfo map viewer: multilayer maps, . tab/. map/.