Lightweight Geo-Spatial Data Viewer (GSDView) written in python and Qt4. It uses the GDAL library for data access, it is modular and has a simple plug-in architecture.
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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gsdview's Introduction
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GSDView
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:Source: README.txt
:Version: 0.7.0
:Author: Antonio Valentino
:Contact: [email protected]
:URL: http://gsdview.sourceforge.net
:License: `GNU General Public License`__ (GPL)
:Copyright (C): 2008-2015 Antonio Valentino <[email protected]>
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Introduction
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GSDView (Geo-Spatial Data Viewer) Open Edition is a lightweight viewer for
geo-spatial data and products.
It is written in python_ and Qt_ and it is mainly intended to be a graphical
front-end for the GDAL__ library and tools.
GSDView is modular and has a simple plug-in architecture.
.. note:: two editions of GSDView currently exist:
- an *open source* version named `GSDView Open Edition`_ that is freely
available (GPL2) and provides only very basic features
- a GSDView Pro Edition that is non free and provides a larger number
of features (including image analysis tools and integration components
for external image processing tools)
.. _Python: https://www.python.org
.. _Qt: http://www.qt.io
.. _`GSDView Open Edition`: http://gsdview.sourceforge.net
__ gdal_
Downloads
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Please refer to the `SourceForge project page`_.
.. _`SourceForge project page`: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsdview
Requirements
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In order to run GSDView you should have the following software installed:
* Python_ 2.7 or higher (including Python 3.x)
* SIP_ 4.7.5 or higher
* PyQt5_ or PyQt4 4.6 or higher
* numpy_ 1.3.0 or higher
* gdal_ 1.7.3 or higher
In replacement of PyQt5_ or PyQt4 and SIP_ it is possible to use:
* PySide_ 1.0.4 or higher (experimental support)
.. _SIP: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip
.. _PyQt5: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt
.. _numpy: http://www.numpy.org
.. _gdal: http://www.gdal.org
.. _PySide: http://www.pyside.org
.. note:: in order to run GSDView with Python 3.x GDAL >= 1.10 is required.
.. hint::
Ubuntu_ and Debian_ users can resolve all dependencies by running the
following command as superuser::
# apt-get install python-qt5 python-gdal gdal-bin
.. _Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com
.. _Debian: http://www.debian.org
Installation
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Decompress the distribution package::
$ tar xvfz gsdview-X.YY.tar.gz
From the package directory run the following command as superuser::
# python setup.py install
You can also install GSDView in a custom location::
# python setup.py install --prefix=<PATH_TO_INSTALL_DIR>
.. note::
If you have all dependencies installed you can **run GSDView without
installation** by simply running the following command in the package
root::
$ python run.py
.. note::
Windows_\ :sup:`TM` users can **run GSDView without installation** by
double-clicking on ``gsdview.pyw`` file.
If it doesn't exist you can get it by making a copy of the
``run.py`` file and renaming it ``run.pyw``.
.. _Windows: http://windows.microsoft.com
License
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GSDView is released under the terms of the `GNU General Public License`__
version 2.
__ GPL_
.. _GPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html