<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>GIS Lounge &#187; Software</title> <atom:link href="http://gislounge.com/category/software/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://gislounge.com</link> <description>Geographic Information Systems, Maps, GPS, and GIS Jobs</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:27:18 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>TileMill: Open Source Mapping Now for Windows</title><link>http://gislounge.com/tilemill-open-source-mapping-now-for-windows/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/tilemill-open-source-mapping-now-for-windows/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:26:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MapBox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TileMill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=9240</guid> <description><![CDATA[TileMill is built on open source libraries (Mapnik, node.js, backbone.js,express and CodeMirror) and uses CSS styling with its  map styling language Carto to render beautiful online maps.  For an idea of what you can do with TileMill, the Chicago Tribune demonstrated some of its capabilities in its Making Maps series using PostGIS, Mapnik, TileMill, and Google Maps.  Demos of TileMill in action [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/tilemill-open-source-mapping-now-for-windows/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WorldMap: An Open Source Software Platform</title><link>http://gislounge.com/worldmap-an-open-source-software-platform/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/worldmap-an-open-source-software-platform/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:24:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Internet Mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Center for Geographic Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harvard University]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source gis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WorldMap]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8895</guid> <description><![CDATA[Harvard&#8217;s Center for Geographic Analysis recently released WorldMap, an open source mapping application designed to make it easier for researchers to upload large GIS datasets and to create online maps using thousands of geographic layers available to them from the Worldmap Library. WorldMap is built using open source software (access the WorldMap source code via github.com) and is hosted on Amazon’s EC2 cloud [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/worldmap-an-open-source-software-platform/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Explaining Socium, a Cloud Based GIS Data Validation Service</title><link>http://gislounge.com/explaining-socium-a-cloud-based-gis-data-validation-service/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/explaining-socium-a-cloud-based-gis-data-validation-service/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:12:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Socium</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geocloud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis industry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[online validation service]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Socium]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software as a Service]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8517</guid> <description><![CDATA[Abbie Beckford, Customer Relations and Marketing Manager at Socium, shares insight about the new launch and what the benefits of this cloud based online data validation and management services are.   Having confidence in spatial data is vital to organisations that rely on it for making business critical decisions and with increased demand for sharing data, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/explaining-socium-a-cloud-based-gis-data-validation-service/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Open Source GIS and Freeware GIS Applications</title><link>http://gislounge.com/open-source-gis-applications/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/open-source-gis-applications/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:35:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Free GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geospatial software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS freeware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GRASS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gvsig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source gis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source web mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[OpenMap]]></category> <category><![CDATA[osgeo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[QGIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quantum GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TileMill]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/software/open-source/open-source-gis-applications/</guid> <description><![CDATA[An open source application by definition is software that you can freely access and modify the source code for. Open source projects typically are worked on by a community of volunteer programmers.  Open source GIS programs are based on different base programming languages.  Three main groups of open source GIS (outside of web GIS) in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/open-source-gis-applications/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Look at ArcGIS for Smartphones</title><link>http://gislounge.com/a-look-at-arcgis-for-smartphones/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/a-look-at-arcgis-for-smartphones/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:44:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ruben Corbo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Free GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ArcGIS for Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ArcGIS Online]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS for mobile devices]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iphone]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8422</guid> <description><![CDATA[ArcGIS for smartphones and tablets is an app from Esri available for free from the Apple App Store, Android App Marketplace (ArcGIS for Android was just released in October), and Windows App Store that makes it easy to extend the GIS capabilities of your phone. ArcGIS is a a way to use and discover maps from [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/a-look-at-arcgis-for-smartphones/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TdhGIS &#8211; Free Software for Vector Based Analysis</title><link>http://gislounge.com/tdhgis-free-software-for-vector-based-analysis/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/tdhgis-free-software-for-vector-based-analysis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:31:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Free GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freeware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tim Hirrel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8349</guid> <description><![CDATA[ TdhGIS is a free GIS software application for Linux and Windows operating systems for spatial analysis of vector based geographic data.  The software can also be used as a shapefile viewer and editor.  Tim Hirrel is the developer of TdhGIS which was developed using C++, wxWidgets and SQLite.  Hirrel, water resources engineer, developed the software based on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/tdhgis-free-software-for-vector-based-analysis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Free GIS Applications</title><link>http://gislounge.com/free-gis-applications/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/free-gis-applications/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:00:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Free GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freeware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis software]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/current-events/free-gis-applications/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Listed here are applications that provide mapping and spatial analysis functionality in a no-cost software application. BASINS 4.0 BASINS 4.0 is an environmental modeling interface built upon the open source GIS MapWindow. The system contains tools to download data from the internet and can perform basic GIS functions to prepare inputs for modeling pollutant loading in streams. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/free-gis-applications/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ArcGIS Now on Android</title><link>http://gislounge.com/arcgis-now-on-android/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/arcgis-now-on-android/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:59:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Android Market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[arcgis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ESRI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile gis]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8226</guid> <description><![CDATA[Esri has announced the availability of ArcGIS on the Android platform: Google Android users can now access data and mapping capabilities on their smartphones with the ArcGIS for Android application. ArcGIS for Android lets users find and share maps as well as deploy GIS data and functionality on Android devices. The free app is now available and can [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/arcgis-now-on-android/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Making Maps with R</title><link>http://gislounge.com/making-maps-with-r/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/making-maps-with-r/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:10:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[data visualization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geographic data analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category> <category><![CDATA[R]]></category> <category><![CDATA[R programming language]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RgoogleMaps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8164</guid> <description><![CDATA[R language is a commonly used programming language and open source software that can be utilized by statisticians for statistical and data analysis.  Licensed under GNU, R can be downloaded and installed on Linux, MacOS, and Windows platforms.  More about what R is here. R can also be used for geographic data visualization and there are [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/making-maps-with-r/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Data for the People, by the People: Designing Smartphone-based GISystems for Environmental Resource Assessment</title><link>http://gislounge.com/data-for-the-people-by-the-people-designing-smartphone-based-gisystems-for-environmental-resource-assessment/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/data-for-the-people-by-the-people-designing-smartphone-based-gisystems-for-environmental-resource-assessment/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:43:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sid Feygin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Location Based Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ArcGIS for Smartphones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lbs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ODK]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Open Data Kit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[participatory GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Renewable Explorations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[REXP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smartphones]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8112</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to the most recent Nielsen data, smartphones comprise approximately 40% of mobile phones used by US citizens. As mobile device technologies (e.g., smartphones and tablets) are increasingly becoming an indispensable part of our lives, more and more companies are taking advantage of the GPS capabilities of these devices to provide powerful crowdsourced geospatial data [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/data-for-the-people-by-the-people-designing-smartphone-based-gisystems-for-environmental-resource-assessment/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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