GIS on Linux?

[Edward Hamilton]

Hi,

Wondering if anybody is fimilar with what GIS packages
are available on Linux?  

I am running Apache on Redhat and am looking for a
simple, standalone method for returning lat/long from
an applet displaying a city map(Toronto, etc).  I am
not so sure I want to incorporate a commercial GIS
solution(server,etc,etc), and additionally, don't
really want to perform queries on a remote source(ie.
mapquest, etc) if I don't have to.

I've looked at Mapserver(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu)
but the setup/complexity seems a little involved for
the limited scope of the problem.

Any suggsestions?


Thanks in advance


		
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