<s>
gvSIG	B-Application
,	O
geographic	B-Application
information	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
application	O
designed	O
for	O
capturing	O
,	O
storing	O
,	O
handling	O
,	O
analyzing	O
and	O
deploying	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
referenced	O
geographic	O
information	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
solve	O
complex	O
management	O
and	O
planning	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
gvSIG	B-Application
is	O
known	O
for	O
having	O
a	O
user-friendly	O
interface	O
,	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
formats	O
,	O
both	O
vector	O
and	O
raster	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
its	O
free	O
use	O
,	O
distribution	O
,	O
study	O
and	O
improvement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
gvSIG	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Generalitat	O
Valenciana	O
(	O
gv	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
institution	O
of	O
the	O
self-governed	O
autonomous	O
community	O
of	O
Valencia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
explains	O
the	O
abbreviation	O
gvSIG	B-Application
for	O
which	O
the	O
last	O
three	O
letters	O
stands	O
for	O
Sistema	O
d'informació	O
geogràfica	O
(	O
SIG	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
GIS	B-Application
in	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typical	O
tools	O
in	O
a	O
full-fledged	O
desktop	O
GIS	B-Application
client	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
gvSIG	B-Application
,	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
vector	O
formats	O
:	O
SHP	O
,	O
DXF	O
,	O
GML	O
,	O
DWG	O
,	O
DGN	O
,	O
KML	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
raster	O
formats	O
:	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
TIFF	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
JP2	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
VRT	O
,	O
DAT	O
of	O
ENVI	B-Application
,	O
ERDAS	O
(	O
LAN	O
,	O
GIS	B-Application
,	O
IMG	O
)	O
,	O
PCI	B-Application
Geomatics	I-Application
(	O
PIX	O
,	O
AUX	O
)	O
,	O
ADF	O
of	O
ESRI	O
,	O
ILWIS	B-Language
(	O
MPR	O
,	O
MPL	O
)	O
,	O
MAP	O
of	O
PC	O
Raster	O
,	O
ASC	O
,	O
PGM	O
,	O
PPM	O
,	O
RST	O
of	O
IDRISI	B-Application
,	O
RMF	O
,	O
NOS	O
,	O
KAP	O
,	O
HDR	O
,	O
RAW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
remote	O
services	O
:	O
OGC	O
(	O
WMS	B-Application
,	O
WFS	O
,	O
WCS	B-Application
,	O
WFS-T	O
,	O
WPS	O
)	O
,	O
ArcIMS	B-Application
,	O
Ecwp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
databases	O
and	O
tables	O
:	O
PostGIS	B-Application
,	O
ArcSDE	B-Application
,	O
JDBC	B-Language
,	O
CSV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
analysis	O
:	O
network	B-Architecture
topology	I-Architecture
,	O
stops	O
manager	O
,	O
minimum	O
path	O
,	O
connectivity	O
,	O
minimum	O
spanning	O
tree	O
,	O
origin	O
-	O
destination	O
matrix	O
,	O
emergency	O
/	O
nearest	O
facilities	O
provider	O
,	O
service	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publishing	O
:	O
MapServer	B-Application
's	O
WCS	B-Application
,	O
WMS	B-Application
and	O
WFS	O
,	O
Geoserver	B-Language
's	O
WFS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Topology	B-Architecture
:	O
topological	O
building	O
,	O
topological	O
editing	O
,	O
generalization	O
,	O
reverse	O
line	O
direction	O
,	O
polygons	O
from/to	O
lines	O
,	O
lines	O
from/to	O
points	O
,	O
Delaunay	B-Algorithm
triangulation	I-Algorithm
,	O
Thiessen	B-Architecture
polygons	I-Architecture
,	O
build	O
,	O
clean	O
,	O
topological	O
error	O
fixing	O
(	O
in	O
Batch	O
mode	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sextante	O
GIS	B-Application
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
a	O
plugin	O
for	O
gvSIG	B-Application
adding	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
raster	O
and	O
vector	O
analysis	O
functions	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
gvSIG	B-Application
's	O
impressive	O
built-in	O
vector	O
analysis	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
Sextante	O
,	O
GRASS	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
extension	O
to	O
make	O
its	O
algorithms	O
available	O
to	O
gvSIG	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
gvSIG	B-Application
Mobile	O
aims	O
at	O
broadening	O
gvSIG	B-Application
execution	O
platforms	O
to	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
give	O
an	O
answer	O
to	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
a	O
growing	O
number	O
of	O
mobile	O
solutions	O
users	O
,	O
who	O
wish	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
GIS	B-Application
on	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
far	O
,	O
gvSIG	B-Application
Mobile	O
is	O
a	O
Geographic	B-Application
Information	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
Spatial	O
Data	O
Infrastructures	O
client	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
a	O
client	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
one	O
licensed	O
under	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
gvSIG	B-Application
Mobile	O
is	O
known	O
for	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
being	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
v2	O
,	O
what	O
allows	O
its	O
free	O
use	O
,	O
distribution	O
,	O
study	O
and	O
improvement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
being	O
developed	O
using	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
available	O
for	O
platforms	O
supporting	O
Java	B-Language
Micro	O
Edition	O
CDC	O
1.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typical	O
tools	O
in	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
client	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
gvSIG	B-Application
Mobile	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
remote	O
services	O
:	O
OGC	O
(	O
WMS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vector	O
representation	O
:	O
point/line/polygon	O
symbology	O
,	O
thematic	O
mapping	O
,	O
export	O
to	O
GML	O
,	O
KML	B-Application
and	O
SHP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tables	O
:	O
import	O
fields	O
from	O
gvSIG	B-Application
Desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
:	O
data	O
portability	O
and	O
data	O
integration	O
with	O
gvSIG	B-Application
Desktop	O
.	O
</s>
