Software Package |
Version | Notes |
FWTools | 2.4.6 Win32/2.0.6 Linux 32 | http://fwtools.maptools.org/ |
GDAL | 1.6.1 | http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/G/GDAL/GDAL-1.6.1.win32-py2.6.exe |
Notepad++ | 5.5.1 | http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php - Great multi-purpose text editor |
Python | 2.6.3 | http://www.python.org/download/ - Free to install and use |
WingIDE | 3.2.1 | http://wingware.com/wing101 - Free version of nice Python IDE; integrated shell, debugger |
SSH Secure Shell | 3.2 | http://charlotte.at.northwestern.edu/bef/SSHdist.html - note that this is now legacy software but it is still a great tool |
NoMachine | NX Free Edition | http://www.nomachine.com/download.php - This is a great remote desktop frontend and backendn for unix/linux/mac that works for all those clients and windows |
Creating GDAL Bindings | http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInPython - Great all around website with lots of good info |
Enj.com | http://www.enj.com/software/index.php - Spatial community; Flowpy repository. |
Quick And Easy Python Tutorials |
http://www.gis.usu.edu/~chrisg/python/2009/ - Website maintained by Chris Garrard at Utah State with good examples to get you acquainted with Python http://diveintopython.org/ - "a (beginning) Python book for experienced programmers" - free HTML, PDF, etc |
Resource | Date / Version |
location |
Amazon EC2 with the ENJ Geostack: Ubuntu Jaunty 32-bit server, PostGIS, Geoserver 2.0, Python 2.6, GDAL, Openlayers, GeoExt (note: most of the good stuff is either in /opt or /var/www) | 29 October 2009 | ami-3f19fa56 |
Installing Python and GDAL bindings on Windows | 23 October 2009 | link |