<s>
Java	B-Language
Unified	O
Mapping	O
Program	O
(	O
JUMP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
based	O
vector	O
and	O
raster	O
GIS	B-Application
and	O
programming	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
development	O
continues	O
under	O
the	O
OpenJUMP	B-Application
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
connecting	O
to	O
Postgis	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	O
database	O
or	O
ArcSDE	B-Application
,	O
print	O
,	O
reproject	O
vectos	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
named	O
JUMP	O
(	O
JAVA	B-Language
Unified	O
Mapping	O
Platform	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
popular	O
,	O
free	O
Geographic	B-Application
Information	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
name	O
was	O
chosen	O
for	O
this	O
open	O
source	O
GIS	B-Application
program	O
to	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
JUMP	O
,	O
"	O
OpenJUMP	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
during	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
2010ths	O
the	O
original	O
JUMP	O
Platform	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
OpenJUMP	B-Application
GIS	B-Application
were	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
platform	O
in	O
research	O
to	O
develop	O
new	O
GIS	B-Application
algorithms	O
and	O
workflows	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
at	O
IGN	O
France	O
and	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Zurich	O
in	O
automated	O
cartography	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
Osnabrück	O
University	O
of	O
Applied	O
Sciences	O
for	O
then	O
novel	O
precision	O
farming	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenJUMP	B-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
in	O
use	O
for	O
teaching	O
GIS	B-Application
at	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
universities	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
its	O
inclusion	O
at	O
the	O
OSGeo	O
Live	O
DVD	O
Project	O
along	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
mayor	O
and	O
minor	O
free	O
GIS	B-Application
software	I-Application
projects	O
,	O
despite	O
not	O
being	O
an	O
OSGeo	O
project	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
important	O
feature	O
of	O
Jump	O
and	O
OpenJUMP	B-Application
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
GIS	B-Application
data	O
in	O
GML	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GML	O
or	O
"	O
Geography	O
Markup	O
Language	O
"	O
is	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
(	O
text-based	O
)	O
format	O
for	O
GIS	B-Application
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
describe	O
spatial	O
information	O
in	O
a	O
human	O
readable	O
form	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
an	O
accepted	O
"	O
open	O
standard	O
"	O
for	O
GIS	B-Application
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenJUMP	B-Application
can	O
currently	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
GML	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
hopes	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
utilities	O
that	O
will	O
improve	O
OpenJUMP	B-Application
's	O
ability	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
GML	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenJUMP	B-Application
nevertheless	O
also	O
reads	O
and	O
writes	O
ESRI	O
Shapefiles	O
and	O
supports	O
ESRI	O
ASCII	O
grid	O
format	O
with	O
an	O
OpenJump	B-Application
plugin	O
from	O
the	O
SIGLE	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
OpenJUMP	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
primarily	O
a	O
vector	O
based	O
GIS	B-Application
,	O
it	O
also	O
supports	O
rasters	O
,	O
as	O
TIF	O
files	O
or	O
the	O
above	O
ESRI	O
ASCII	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
