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revno: 160
committer: Knut Staring <knutst@knutst-laptop>
branch nick: dhis2-docbook-docs
timestamp: Wed 2010-03-24 23:16:29 +0100
message:
  Added info on GIS software applications
modified:
  src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_gis.xml


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=== modified file 'src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_gis.xml'
--- src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_gis.xml	2010-03-24 16:10:25 +0000
+++ src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_gis.xml	2010-03-24 22:16:29 +0000
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@
           ogr2ogr s_srs EPSG:2736 a_srs EPSG:4326 -f "GeoJSON" outputfile.json inputfile.shp
           </userinput></programlisting> 
       </para></section>
+      <section><title>GIS software to view and manipulate map data</title>
+        <para>
+          There are many powerful free and open source GIS packages. These can be recommended:
+          <listitem><ulink url="http://www.qgis.org/";>Quantum GIS</ulink></listitem>
+          <listitem><ulink url="http://www.openjump.org/";>OpenJUMP</ulink></listitem>
+          <listitem><ulink url="http://udig.refractions.net/";>uDig</ulink>, which also forms basis for <ulink url="http://udig.refractions.net/gallery/cgiar/";>DIVA-GIS</ulink></listitem>
+          <listitem><ulink url="http://www.gvsig.gva.es/eng/inicio-gvsig/";>gvSIG</ulink></listitem>
+        These tools can for example be used to merge village boundary polygons into district polygons (provided the district that each village belongs to is listed as an attribute), and
+        one can edit files to reflect new divisions or correct errors.
+        Another power tool for working with GIS data is <ulink url="http://postgis.refractions.net/";>PostGIS</ulink>, which can be used on itself or in conjunction
+          with the above applications.
+        </para>
+      </section>
     </para>
   </section>
   <section>