Sunday, February 28, 2010

Basins, BBBike, Cran, Deegree, CrimeStat, Diva and More Free GIS Software

Part 2 of our free GIS Software Applications.


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.


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.


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.


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. Note: Version 1.5 is the final release of Mapbuilder. Get it now, if you want it.


CRAN Task View: Analysis of Spatial Data - For spatial analysis, disease and ecological mapping and 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.


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.


DIVA-GIS is a free computer program for mapping and geographic data analysis (a geographic information system (GIS). With DIVA-GIS you can make maps of the world, or of a very small area, using, for example, state boundaries, rivers, a satellite image, and the locations of sites where an animal species was observed. We also provide free spatial data for the whole world that you can use in DIVA-GIS or other programs.


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 to come. Enjoy!


Mike

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