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<chapter><title>Introduction</title> |
<chapter><title>Introduction</title> |
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Thuban is a Free Software Geographic Information Systems (GIS) viewer. |
Thuban is an interactive geographic data viewer. |
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It is being developed because there is currently no simple interactive |
It has been developed because there was no simple interactive |
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viewer for geographic information available as Free Software. Thuban is |
viewer for geographic information available as Free Software. Thuban is |
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written in Python and C++ and uses the wxWindows library allowing it to |
written in Python and C++ and uses the wxWindows library allowing it to |
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run on many different platforms, including GNU/Linux and Windows. |
run on many different platforms, including GNU/Linux and Windows. |
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GIS viewers are a necessary tool as they allow one to get a visual |
Geographic data viewers are a necessary tool as they allow one to |
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get a visual |
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impression of the positional relationship of the information that may not |
impression of the positional relationship of the information that may not |
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be apparent from simple inspection of the data values themselves. |
be apparent from simple inspection of the data values themselves. |
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Thuban allows the user to create a session that displays |
Thuban allows the user to create a session that displays |
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<section><title>Installation</title> |
<section><title>Installation</title> |
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Thuban is actively supported under Debian Testing (sarge), RedHat 7.2, |
Thuban is actively supported under Debian Testing (sarge), RedHat 7.2, |
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and Windows 2000. The following list of files that Thuban requires |
and Windows 2000. Thuban depends on the following packages. These |
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can be found on the |
packages can also be found on the |
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<ulink url="http://thuban.intevation.org/download.html"> |
<ulink url="http://thuban.intevation.org/download.html"> |
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Thuban Download site |
Thuban Download site |
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<listitem><para>Thuban-0.8.1-1-debian.i386.rpm</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>GTK 1.2.3</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>Python 2.2.1</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>Python 2.2 XML Base Tools</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>wxWindows 2.4</para></listitem> |
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<term>RedHat 7.2</term> |
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<listitem><para>Thuban-0.8.1-1.i386.rpm</para></listitem> |
<listitem><para>Python 2.2.1 (<literal>http://www.python.org</literal>)</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>Python 2.2.1</para></listitem> |
<listitem><para>wxWindows 2.4 (<literal>http://www.wxwindows.org</literal>)</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>wxPython 2.4 for Python 2.2 with wxGTK</para></listitem> |
<listitem><para>wxPython 2.4 (<literal>http://www.wxpython.org</literal>)</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>proj 4.4.5 Projection Library</para></listitem> |
<listitem><para>proj 4.4.5 Projection Library (<literal>http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/</literal>)</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>SQLite 2.8.3</para></listitem> |
<listitem><para>GDAL 1.1.8 (<literal>http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/</literal>)</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>PySQLite 0.4.3</para></listitem> |
<listitem><para>SQLite 2.8.3 (<literal>http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/</literal>)</para></listitem> |
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<listitem><para>GDAL 1.1.8</para></listitem> |
<listitem><para>PySQLite 0.4.3 (<literal>http://pysqlite.sourceforge.net</literal>)</para></listitem> |
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<term>Windows 2000</term> |
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<listitem><para>Thuban-0.8.1-0.exe</para></listitem> |
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<section><title>The Main Window</title> |
<section><title>The Main Window</title> |
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<para>Most commonly used is the <emphasis>TIFF/GeoTIFF</emphasis> |
<para>Most commonly used is the <emphasis>TIFF/GeoTIFF</emphasis> |
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format: Raster maps are provided as TIFF images, with an additional |
format: Raster maps are provided as TIFF images, with an additional |
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"world file" storing the geographic reference (usually with an |
"world file" storing the geographic reference (usually with an |
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extension ".tfw". |
extension ".tfw"). |
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