The Java GIS community is already host to several open-source toolkits of great capability. These toolkits provide a great number of services, and allow you the software developer to communicate with a wide varity of spatial information.
The UDIG framework goes the extra mile, providing a well structured application for you to extend. As a software developer you can focus on your tasks needed for your problem. The finding, connecting and display of spatial information can be someone else’s problem.

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