uDig GIS: A First Look (Linux Journal)
uDig GIS: A First Look (Linux Journal)
Posted Oct 14, 2008 11:48 UTC (Tue) by frankie (subscriber, #13593)In reply to: uDig GIS: A First Look (Linux Journal) by flewellyn
Parent article: uDig GIS: A First Look (Linux Journal)
What's specifically bad with java based GIS programs is that they do not use well established C/C++ libraries like gdal/ogr which generally result in very poor performances and compatibility: java folks prefer rebuilding from scratch instead of reuse.
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