uDig is an open source (EPL and BSD) desktop application framework, built with Eclipse Rich Client (RCP) technology. uDig can be used as a stand-alone GIS desktop application to view and edit spatial data.
Learn more about uDig: http://udig.refraction.net/. Download: http://udig.refraction.net/download/.
iServer WMS and WFS services can be opened in uDig. You can add iServer WMS and WFS service layers to your map or as your base map when using uDig.
Add iServer Service Layer
- Click “File”, “New”, and then “Create a New Layer”;
- In the “Add Data” dialog box, select “Web Map Server” or “Web Feature Server”. Here we select WMS layer as an example. Click “Next”;
- Input the iServer WMS service directory: http://supermapiserver:8090/iserver/services/map-world/wms111/World，http://supermapiserver:8090/iserver/services/data-world/wfs100/gb18030, and click “Next”;
- Select the layers to open. If you select all, they will be displayed in one layer. You can click any layers you want to open. Click Ok and use uDig to edit your service layer.
Edit iServer Service Layer
- Modify projection. Right click the target layer and select “Properties”. Then in “Projection”, select the target projection or input the target projection.
- For WFS, you can use uDig to edit the attribution fields. Right click the target layer and in “Operations” select “Transform”.
- Click the property name and in the description box below, change its name, description, and type.
- Click “Add” to add a property name. The type of the property will be recognized automatically based on the description info input.
- For WFS, you can use uDig to change the style of each layer. For example, to change the line style of a layer, just right click the layer and select “Change Style”, to change the color, width, etc.
uDig supports exporting data to shp, uDig project file, KML/KMZ, etc. You can click “File” and then “Export” to export your map to any supported format.