= GIS / Mapping =
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We make extensive use of GIS in Sahana.

You are welcome to join our community to share data, best-practise & extend the tool further :)

== User Documentation ==
 * [wiki:ConfigurationGuidelines#MappingOptions Configuration Guidelines]
 * [wiki:UserGuidelinesGIS User Guidelines]
 * [wiki:UserGuidelinesGISData User Guidelines - Data]

== Tools ==
We recommend these tools:
 * [http://gdal.org GDAL] - Convert between raster formats
 * [http://gdal.org/ogr OGR] - Convert between vector formats
 * [http://qgis.org Quantum GIS] - Preview datasets in a UI
 * [http://postgis.refractions.net PostGIS] - Spatial storage
 * [http://geoserver.org GeoServer] - WMS, WFS
 * [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap] - Roads, Points of Interest

Whilst the tools are common to both platforms, the installation steps are different:
 * [wiki:InstallationGuidelinesGISDataLinux Installation of GIS Tools on Linux]
 * [wiki:InstallationGuidelinesGISDataWindows Installation of GIS Tools on Windows]

== Coding ==
How to make use of the Mapping engine within other modules:
 * [wiki:DeveloperGuidelinesGIS Developer Guidelines]

Back-end Python or front-end !JavaScript (!OpenLayers & !GeoExt):
 * [wiki:BluePrintGeographicInformationSystems Blueprints]
 * [wiki:PakistanDevelopers#Map Pakistan requirements]

== Other links ==
 * http://www.humanitarian.info/humanitarian-gis/
 * http://www.isprs.org/news/announcements/Geoinformation_for_Disaster_and_Risk_Management.pdf