OpenScience / Software / Geography

A Free and Open Source Geographic Information System QGIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs … Continue reading →

a package of map viewers and spatial data servers that work with map databases like these from the USGS Find vhclmaps at: http://www.vectaport.com/vhclmaps/

A suite of programs for the Analysis of Digital Elevation Data Find TARDEM at: http://www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb/tardem.html

rmap is a package that will allow you to generate images of the earth from a distance or fairly zoomed in Find rmap at: http://reza.net/cms/index.php?page=rmap_-_Global_Vector-Based_Mapping_Software

OSSIM is a high performance software system for remote sensing, image processing , geographical information systems and photogrammetry. Find OSSIM at: http://www.ossim.org/OSSIM/OSSIMHome.html

Open Systems Mapping Technology – allows users to see and manipulate geospatial information. Find OpenMap at: http://openmap.bbn.com/

OpenEV is a library, and reference application for viewing and analysing raster and vector geospatial data. Find OpenEV at: http://openev.sourceforge.net/

Interactive Mapping of Geoscientific Datasets. This program is intended to make working with the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) easier. iGMT provides a graphical user interface for GMT and is written in the Tcl/Tk computer language. Besides supplying a user friendly … Continue reading →