Open Source GIS History - Revision history

Neteler: update historylong OGC URL

2024-12-15T23:29:47Z

update historylong OGC URL

Jmckenna: update PROJ link & name

2021-04-11T16:28:39Z

update PROJ link & name

Jmckenna: /* See also */ use HTTPS for MapServer trac link

2021-04-11T16:25:18Z

See also: use HTTPS for MapServer trac link

Jmckenna: use correct MapServer link & name

2021-04-11T16:24:03Z

use correct MapServer link & name

Jmckenna: update website link for MapServer

2021-04-11T16:22:18Z

update website link for MapServer

Jmckenna: correct MapServer project source date. (background: https://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/MapServerHistory )

2021-04-11T16:21:00Z

correct MapServer project source date. (background: https://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/MapServerHistory )

Wiki-Peter.loewe: Update on MOSS codebase being available again.

2020-10-09T13:59:49Z

Update on MOSS codebase being available again.

Wiki-Peter.loewe: /* Timeline */

2019-06-11T09:19:43Z

Timeline

Wiki-Peter.loewe: /* Timeline */

2019-06-11T09:09:41Z

Timeline

Neteler: url update

2013-12-31T12:03:18Z

url update

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 == Organizations ==
-'''1992:''' "Open GRASS Foundation" (OGF, see [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/GIS-GRASS/history.html here] and [http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/grassclippings/grassclippings93_7_2_gardels_ogc.pdf here])
+'''1992:''' "Open GRASS Foundation" (OGF, see [https://tldp.org/HOWTO/GIS-GRASS/history.html here] and [https://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/grassclippings/grassclippings93_7_2_gardels_ogc.pdf here])
-'''1994:''' OGF was re-structured as the Open Geospatial Consortium ([http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/historylong OGC])
+'''1994:''' OGF was re-structured as the Open Geospatial Consortium ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220511133736/https://www.ogc.org/ogc/historylong OGC])
-'''2006:''' Open Source Geospatial Foundation (http://www.osgeo.org) established whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open geospatial technologies, data and educational material.
+'''2006:''' Open Source Geospatial Foundation (https://www.osgeo.org) established whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open geospatial technologies, data and educational material.
 == See also ==

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 In '''XX''' and '''XXI''' century, a series of other desktop and server Open Source GIS projects were started:
-* geospatial libraries: [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ PROJ.4], [http://www.osgeo.org/geotools Geotools], Geoserver, TerraLib, [http://trac.osgeo.org/ggl/ Boost.Geometry]
+* geospatial libraries: [https://proj.org/ PROJ], [http://www.osgeo.org/geotools Geotools], Geoserver, TerraLib, [http://trac.osgeo.org/ggl/ Boost.Geometry]
 * Desktop GIS: [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS], SAGA GIS, uDIG, [http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig gvSIG],[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ILWIS ILWIS]
 * Web mapping/WebGIS: [http://www.osgeo.org/deegree deegree], [https://mapserver.org MapServer], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide MapGuide Open Source]
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 '''since 1982-today''' - [http://www.osgeo.org/grass GRASS GIS] (Geographical Resources Analysis Support System) is the earliest Open Source GIS which reached production status and supported both raster and vector data. It was originally developed from 1982 to 1995 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, since then by the international GRASS Development Team. Initially published as public domain software, its license was changed to GNU GPL (General Public License, see www.gnu.org) in 1999. Dr. Jim Westerwelt has written an article about the [http://grass.osgeo.org/uploads/grass/history_docs/westervelt2004_GRASS_roots.pdf initial GRASS development history].
-'''1983''' - [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ PROJ4 library] development started. The original proj was developed in the early 1980's as a ratfor (a fortran preprocessor)
+'''1983''' - [https://proj.org/ PROJ library] development started. The original PROJ was developed in the early 1980's as a ratfor (a fortran preprocessor)
 program (Evenden, 1983) with much of the code derived from the Geological
 Survey’s General Cartographic Transformation Package (gctp) (superceded

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 ** PostGIS History: http://www.refractions.net/products/postgis/history/
 ** JTS / GEOS History: http://lin-ear-th-inking.blogspot.com/2007/06/history-of-jts-and-geos.html
-** MapServer History: http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/MapServerHistory
+** MapServer History: https://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/MapServerHistory
 ** GeoTools History: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/History History
 ** GeoServer History: http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/introduction/history.html

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 * geospatial libraries: [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ PROJ.4], [http://www.osgeo.org/geotools Geotools], Geoserver, TerraLib, [http://trac.osgeo.org/ggl/ Boost.Geometry]
 * Desktop GIS: [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS], SAGA GIS, uDIG, [http://www.osgeo.org/gvsig gvSIG],[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ILWIS ILWIS]
-* Web mapping/WebGIS: [http://www.osgeo.org/deegree deegree], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver UMN MapServer], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide MapGuide Open Source]
+* Web mapping/WebGIS: [http://www.osgeo.org/deegree deegree], [https://mapserver.org MapServer], [http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide MapGuide Open Source]
 * geostatistics software: gstat, R Project for Statistical Computing
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 is an integral part, was transfered to the Unix operating system. (References refer to [ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/proj/OF90-284.pdf])
-'''1994''' - [https://mapserver.org UMN MapServer] project started. In '''2002''' MapServer gets Python support.
+'''1994''' - [https://mapserver.org MapServer] project started. In '''2002''' MapServer gets Python support.
 '''1995''' - [http://rasdaman.eecs.jacobs-university.de/trac/rasdaman rasdaman] raster data manager project started. In '''2009''' rasdaman was open sourced.

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 is an integral part, was transfered to the Unix operating system. (References refer to [ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/proj/OF90-284.pdf])
-'''1994''' - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver UMN MapServer] project started. In '''2002''' MapServer gets Python support.
+'''1994''' - [https://mapserver.org UMN MapServer] project started. In '''2002''' MapServer gets Python support.
 '''1995''' - [http://rasdaman.eecs.jacobs-university.de/trac/rasdaman rasdaman] raster data manager project started. In '''2009''' rasdaman was open sourced.

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 === Timeline ===
-'''1978''' - Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS). A pioneer vector-based geographic information system (GIS) developed by the U.S. Department of Interior. MOSS used to be available to download (ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/) until 2018 ([[MOSS|OSGeo MOSS codebase recovery effort]]).  Dr. Carl Reed has written an article about [http://www.scribd.com/doc/4606038/2004-Article-by-Carl-Reed-MOSS-A-Historical-perspective MOSS history].
+'''1978''' - Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS). A pioneer vector-based geographic information system (GIS) developed by the U.S. Department of Interior. MOSS used to be available to download (ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/) until 2018 ([[MOSS|OSGeo MOSS codebase recovery effort]]).  Dr. Carl Reed has written an article about [http://www.scribd.com/doc/4606038/2004-Article-by-Carl-Reed-MOSS-A-Historical-perspective MOSS history]. In September 2020, the OSGeo Board agreed to grant the MOSS project the status of a OSGeo Heritage Project. The source code is currently (2020) available [https://oc.diw.de/index.php/s/cPU3etTB3WjeyJf here] and will be long time preserved by OSGeo in the near future.
 '''since 1982-today''' - [http://www.osgeo.org/grass GRASS GIS] (Geographical Resources Analysis Support System) is the earliest Open Source GIS which reached production status and supported both raster and vector data. It was originally developed from 1982 to 1995 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, since then by the international GRASS Development Team. Initially published as public domain software, its license was changed to GNU GPL (General Public License, see www.gnu.org) in 1999. Dr. Jim Westerwelt has written an article about the [http://grass.osgeo.org/uploads/grass/history_docs/westervelt2004_GRASS_roots.pdf initial GRASS development history].

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 * [[History|OSGeo Foundation History]]
 * Software projects:
-** GRASS GIS History: http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/grasshist.html
+** GRASS GIS History: http://grass.osgeo.org/home/history/
 ** PostGIS History: http://www.refractions.net/products/postgis/history/
 ** JTS / GEOS History: http://lin-ear-th-inking.blogspot.com/2007/06/history-of-jts-and-geos.html