Subject: ‘Free GIS’
March 12, 2012 Getting Started With QGIS: Open Source GISSoftwareQuantum GIS is an open source GIS desktop software more popularly known as QGIS. QGIS 1.0 was first released in January of 2009 although development on the software began back in 2002 by Gary Sherman with the first versions of the software intended as a GIS data viewer for PostGIS. QGIS is increasingly becoming a viable alternative ... read more January 11, 2012Free GIS DatasetsData, Free GISLooking for free GIS data? Robin Wilson, a PhD student at the University of Southampton, has a frequently updated list of free GIS datasets that he has found in the course of his research and based on recommendations from other GIS users. The list is broken down into broader categories covering Physical Geography, Human Geography, and individual ... read more December 28, 2011 Free GIS StuffFree GISAll of the costs involved to learn GIS, purchase hardware and software, and obtain data can be a bit disarming. Listed here are some completely free GIS related resources. Free GIS Posts Visit the Free GIS category on GIS Lounge for some of the most recent posts about free geospatial resources. Free GIS Books Guide ... read more November 16, 2011 TdhGIS – Free Software for Vector Based AnalysisFree GIS, SoftwareTdhGIS 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 ... read more Free GIS ApplicationsFree GIS, SoftwareListed 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 ... read more October 3, 2010 GIS Data WarehousesDataInformation about web sites that host large amounts of GIS datasets both at the nationwide (United States) and global levels. Most of the GIS data is available for free or for little cost. Data.gov Data depository for U.S. government data with over 272,000 datasets. The site also has an Apps Showcase, highlighting different sites that ... read more January 12, 2010 A Gentle Introduction to GISEducation, Free GISWritten for those seeking a broad overview on concepts relating to GIS, authors Tim Sutton, Otto Dassau and Marcelle Sutton have produced “A Gentle Introduction to GIS” (PDF format) using QGIS. The text is particularly aimed at educators as each chapters runs through that topic’s concepts, examples and then a “Now you try!” section. The PDF ... read more November 12, 2009 Thematic Mapping at the US County Level with Free ToolsCartography, Free GISThe FlowingData site has a post with instructions from Nathan Yau on how to create “a simple map without all the GIS stuff“ of the United States at the county level using free tools. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on unemployment rates, Yau provides the steps necessary to use a SVG map showing ... read more |
