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uDig is an open source (LGPL) desktop application framework, built with Eclipse Rich Client (RCP) technology.

uDig can be used as a stand-alone application.
uDig can be extended with RCP “plug-ins”.
uDig can be used as a plug-in in an existing RCP application.

The goal of uDig is to provide a complete Java solution for desktop GIS data access, editing, and viewing. uDig aims to be:

User friendly, providing a familiar graphical environment for GIS users;

Desktop located, running as a thick client, natively on Windows, Mac OS/X and Linux;

Internet oriented, consuming standard (WMS, WFS, WCS) and de facto (GeoRSS, KML, tiles) geospatial web services; and,

GIS ready, providing the framework on which complex analytical capabilities can be built, and gradually subsuming those capabilities into the main application.