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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

• ArcGIS, SAS and SPSS are also available in Budig Instruction Lab.
• KU staff and faculty can purchase GIS software at lower cost through the KU ESRI Site License.
• KU students can purchase 1-year licenses for ArcGIS ($100) and ArcView 3.x ($250). Contact ESRI Telebusiness at
• You can acquire statistical packages such as SAS and SPSS for your computer.

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)