Free GIS Mapping Software &
Resources
GIS Software and Resources are listed in alphabetical order on the following pages.
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Comprehensive collection of GIS programs and tools that is updated
daily. Most are either freeware or open-source. They are organized in
alphabetical order.
3map is a Free Software
project being built with the support of the Telstra Broadband Fund that
provides the client and server capabilities to deliver the Web Augmented
Virtual Earth ... more
AccuGlobe Desktop
2007 is free to download. Add specific functionality with extensions
and plugins ... more
Aero-Triangulation System
software - A collection of Fortran and C programs, UNIX shell
scripts, and text files used to perform image coordinate refinement,
block adjustment, statistical reporting, and plotting ... more
AGIS for Windows
A simple mapping and GIS shareware package that includes a tutorial to help you with making your own map displays ... more
ArcGIS
Explorer and ArcExplorer are freely available, easy to use,
geographic data viewers whose purpose is to allow organizations to
provide access to their GIS to a wide audience of non-expert users ...
more
ArcVoyager
was created by ESRI's Schools and Libraries team to go along with
ArcView. It is a 50-mb package of carefully selected data, ArcView
projects, and help files, in a tiered format. There are comparable
Windows and Macintosh versions. The help files are written broadly to a
"junior high" level, but ArcVoyager is being used effectively by
elementary teachers, middle school students, high schoolers, librarians,
college instructors, museum professionals, or parents. Arcview is not
required ... more
AutoREALM is a Free GNU mapping software (a "cartographer") that can
design maps of castles, cities, dungeons and more. AutoREALM is
generally used by Role-playing Game practicants who enjoy doing their
own maps. But it could fits the needs of other people ... more
Basins
- Installation software that contains the BASINS Version 4.0
system, data download tool, full documentation in the pulldown help
menu, and the tutorial project and data(HUC-02060006) is now available.
BASINS 4.0 contains the installation program for an open source GIS program ... more
BBBike is a route-finder for
cyclists in Berlin and Brandenburg (Germany). BBBike can be run as a
stand-alone program (using tk) or as a simpler web based component (
here is an example (German)).
Cameo,
Marplot and Aloha - free software and data used to map the
dispersion of toxic chemicals and help respond to chemical emergencies ... more
Chameleon is a
distributed, highly configurable, environment for developing Web Mapping
applications. Chameleon is OpenSource, this means that you can use it
freely for your own applications, and that you also have access to the
source code ... more
Note: Version 1.5 is the final release of Mapbuilder. Get it now, if you
want it - Community MapBuilder -
MapBuilder is a powerful, standards compliant, open source geographic
mapping client which runs in a web browser. Using MapBuilder, Web
designers can concentrate on the presentation and usability using HTML
with simple links to the MapBuilder JavaScript code using HTML element
IDs, with additional presentation information provided using CSS and
XSL.
CRAN Task
View: Analysis of Spatial Data - For spatial analysis, disease and ecological mapping and more ... more
CrimeStat III is Windows-based and
interfaces with most desktop GIS programs. The purpose is to provide
supplemental statistical tools to aid law enforcement agencies and
criminal justice researchers in their crime mapping efforts ... more
deegree - Free Software for Spatial Data Infrastructures - offers the substantial
building blocks for the building of a Spatial Data Infrastructure by
implementing the standards of the Open Geospatial Consortium. Deegree components can be used to either develop a
standalone desktop mapping solution to be locally installed on a users
machine, or to set up a highly distributed and service-based
infrastructure ... more
dlgv32
Pro is a limited-feature version of commercial software called Global
Mapper which was created from the original dlgv32 source code. Improved
to address changes in data standards and to better meet customer
requirements, dlgv32 Pro continues the tradition of providing quality
viewing software for USGS data users ... more
edbs2wkt -
converting the GIS-Format EDBS to Spatial-Database PostGIS and other
using the Well Known Text-Interface. EDBS is a German Fileformat from
ALK (Automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte).
edbsilon is a converter
for data coming in EDBS or BZSN. After reading the EDBS- resp.
BZSN-files the converter exports into various format, such as Oracle,
PostGIS, ArcGIS Shapefiles and many others.
Flowmap is a software package
dedicated to analyzing and displaying interaction or flow data. This
type of data is special in the sense that there are two different
geographic locations connected to each data item: An origin location
where the flow starts and an destination location where the flow ends.
The flow data itself can be people (e.g. commuters, shoppers, hospital
visitors), goods, usage of agricultural services or telecommunication
and so on ... more
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