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0 pointsdagw13y ago0 comments

I would say you are right except in one case

I would add GIS as a second (if somewhat niche) case. The two big commercial players in the field (ESRI and Safe) as well as most of the open source players all have Python as a scripting language

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untothebreach13y ago

Interesting! I don't really have _any_ experience with that field, so I definitely would not have guessed that Python was so prevalent. Thanks!

masklinn13y ago

This influence/importance can also be seen in the existence of GeoDjango, which is shipped with Django itself[0], where Ruby seems to have the old GeoRuby[1], the rather recent (and with unsure following) RGeo[2] or doing raw PostGIS.

Also in OpenGEO, looking at their projects, aside from PostGIS it's either Python (and JS) or Java (and JS)

[0] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/

[1] http://rubyforge.org/projects/georuby/

[2] http://dazuma.github.com/rgeo/

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