Documentation

This page gives access to documentation for *users* and *developers* (pls. scroll down).

A - Documentation for users

On-Line Documentation (English)

• OpenJUMP "User Guide":http://openjump.org/wiki/show/Index

• "OpenJUMP on MacOSX":http://openjump.org/wiki/revision/ComparingOpenJump?rev=19 with a comparison between \OpenJUMP,uDig and QGIS by Eric Jarvies

• FAQ and "FAQ":http://openjump.org/wiki/show/Known+Issues+on+MacOSX for Mac OX

Download (PDF)

• An English "OpenJUMP 1.3 Tutorial":http://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/ by Stefan Steiniger and Michael Michaud for users with a basic GIS knowledge that was held at "OGRS 2009":http://www.ogrs2009.org (data are unfortunately not free)
• A German introductory "OpenJUMP 1.2F Tutorial":https://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=118054&use_mirror=garr&filename=OpenJUMP12_German_Tutorial_sz.pdf&72973093 by Uwe Dalluege with sample data
• An English "OpenJUMP 1.1 Tutorial":http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/j/ju/jump-pilot/OpenJUMP1.0.1_Tutorial_englishBeta.pdf by Uwe Dalluege
• A German "PostGIS Tutorial":http://openjump.org/PostGIS_Tutorial.pdf by Uwe Dalluege
• An English "pseudo-exercise":http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/download/mock-ex4jump.zip by Ravi with the topic: Where to locate a nuclear power plant? It introduces \OpenJUMPs basic analysis functions.
• Another English "pseudo-exercise":http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/download/mockex_mineral_targeting_v2.zip for \OpenJUMP 1.3 by Ravi on mineral targeting. It introduces into \OpenJUMP editing, query and analyis function as well as into working with \PostGIS.

• *Original* VIVID Solutions JUMP 1.1 User Guide - "English":http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/bin/JUMP%20User%20Guide.pdf, "Spanish":http://jump-pilot.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/jump-pilot/core/trunk/docs/manuals-es/JUMP-Doc-es-GuiaUsuario.pdf

• JUMP 1.1 / \OpenJUMP Tutorials in other languages:
  • "Portuguese User Guide":http://www.archive.org/download/OpenJUMP_Users_Guid_pt_br/ManualOpenJUMP.pdf by Flavia Coelho Couto JoÃo Batista Brito and Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha
  • "Presentation":http://www.archive.org/download/OpenJUMP_presentation_ppt_pt_br/PalestraLACFee2005OpenJUMP.ppt, by Ezequias R. da Rocha
  • "Italian User Guide":http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/corsi/sw_gis/OpenJUMP-CAN-CC.pdf by Diego Magni
  • "User Guide for Field Work GIS Station powered by \OpenJUMP in Japanese ":http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgiswin.geo.tsukuba.ac.jp%2Fteacher%2Fmurayama%2Ffieldgis_station%2Fmanual%2Fmanual.pdf&ei=yVnhR57wGpb4nQOM4OmjCA&usg=AFQjCNEhFckYIYd9Vowo7mpsk4_8TaywcQ&sig2=-lP0jfD3iRp_k1Z4-u3I9Q by Yuji Murayama, Hisaji Ono
  • OpenJump Workshop for Foss4G 2006 by Erwan Brocher - this tutorial has been updated for \OpenJUMP 1.3 and presented at OGRS 2009 (see above)

• "Other original JUMP documentation":http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/doc.htm (a wee bit old)

Other on-line documentation

• Plugins - \PlugIn's by others - will probably not integrated into \OpenJump
• Experiences developing OpenJUMP - A paper prepared for the MILES project (Managing Information for Local Environment in Sri Lanka)
• Scripting with BeanShell
• Tips
• OpenJump Configuration
• Printing in high-resolution
• TFW (World File) Format
• Drawing an on-screen ornament
• Loading GPS data
• Shortcut Keys 1-pager
• Sample data
• OpenJump with Wallpaper :-O
• Portable OpenJump
• What is GIS? - GIS Basics by the \OpenContent "GITTA elearning project":http://www.gitta.info/website/en/html/index.html

B - Documentation for developers

• "Jump Developers Guide":http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/bin/JUMP%20Developer%20Guide.pdf
• Devel FAQ
• *Basics*
  • How to run OpenJUMP in Eclipse
  • How to make your own OpenJUMP built
  • "OpenJUMP javadoc":http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/javadoc/openjump_javadoc/ , "JTS javadoc":http://tsusiatsoftware.net/jts/javadoc/index.html
  • OpenJUMP programming Guideline
• *Making Your Own Plugins*
  • The difference of PlugIn and Extension and Registry
  • How to use and make own Plugins
  • Example \PlugIns:
    • How to display customer xyz data from a file
    • Example Plugin For Buffering Features in a Layer
  • How to use i18n Internationalization
  • Implementing Undo
  • Adding A Toolbar Button
  • Implementing cursortools
  • Converting a CursorTool to a PlugIn
  • Extending a FeatureCollection by Adding new Attributes
• Tips and Tricks around the Java Topology Suite
• Notes On OpenJUMP's Rendering System
• Notes on TaskFrames
• Notes on the Display of AttributeTables
• Using JUMP Libraries in an External Application.
• Adding support for new data formats:
  • How to write a new driver (Spring 2007)
  • HOWTO Create an Open Wizard (Since \OpenJUMP Version 1.2)
  • Some additional notes on adding support for a new file format: File DataSource Notes
  • Working with GML
• *Other*
  • "How to Translate OpenJUMP into another language":http://openjump.org/wiki/show/How+to+translate+in+a+new+language

C - Projects where OpenJUMP can give its contribution

• "OSGeo Cartographic Library":http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Cartographic_Library#Interested_people

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• GIS Terminology