Ok so i maybe a little late to the open GIS party but i've been discovering that there are some pretty interesting applications out there - I surely can't be the only one starting to dip a toe into the unknown and finding that there are now some real alternatives to those big names in the Geospatial industry.
For just one moment keeping away from the developments on mobile devices like the iPhone or various Android phones, have any of you found spatialLite? As you might guess it's a lightweight database with spatial elements. Based on sqlLite, its a great portable database which comes with its own simple mapping GUI.
If thats not enough for you, then why not get a copy of QGIS. You might think this looks like a more traditional desktop GIS and you wouldn't be wrong. Whats great is you get all that functionality and access to quite a few formats including spatialLite. Come across OpenStreetMap yet? This application actually lets you download small chunks of the data, edit it and post it back - brilliant!
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