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Software and Hardware

GIS and Data Lab Workstations

  • 7 workstations dedicated to GIS and statistical work
  • Specialized software includes: ArcGIS 9.2 (ArcMap, ArcInfo Workstation) ArcView 3.3, AutoCad 2008, SAS 9.1, SPSS 14.0, PhotoShop 7.0
  • Other statistical applications: Maple, MINITAB and the SPSS add-ons Amos, Categories, Missing Value Analysis, Trends,

Campus Access to Software and Hardware

Open Source and Freeware for Statistics

  • PSPP- open source program for statistical analysis of sampled data

Open Source and Freeware for GIS

  • ajmGeocode PE- open source software for geocoding (one address at a time)
  • ArcExplorer- view and query shapefiles and coverages- ESRI
  • ArcReader- use published map files (.pmf)- ESRI
  • Christine GIS- open source software for basic vector viewing and merging tables with shapes
  • CommonGIS- open source- Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems
  • CrimeStat- spatial statistics program crime analysis- Ned Levine
  • DIVA-GIS- open source
  • Forestry GIS (fGIS)- open source software for shapefile editing, digitizing and performing queries; designed for natural resource managers who are not GIS specialists
  • FRAGSTATS- open source- U Mass Landscape Ecology Program
  • GeoDa- open source application that combines statistical graphics and map data- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • GIS-Knoppix- bootable Linux CD with pre-installed GIS software- Sourcepole
  • GoogleEarth
  • GRASS- open source
  • IrfanView- view and convert image files- Irfan Skiljan
  • MapServer- open source environment for building internet mapping applications- TerraSIP project
  • MapWindow GIS- open source
  • OpenLayers- open source application for displaying map data in web browsers
  • Quantum GIS- open source
  • SAGA GIS- open source software for raster creation and analysis
  • ScanMagic- open source software for viewing, analyzing and processing remote sensing data
  • uDig- open source desktop internet GIS
  • USGS Digital Data Viewer-dlgv32 Pro
  • WinTopo Raster to Vector Converter-free application for heads-up digitizing

Scanners

  • 24" x 36" flatbed, color
  • 8.5 x 11" flatbed (walk-up use)
  • 11" x 17" flatbed, color (walk-up use in Map Collection)

Printers

  • Black & white laserjet printer (walk-up use)
  • Color inkjet printers (walk-up use)
Last modified: Friday July 11 2008