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Geospatial Information: GIS Software

Info on UWA's printed maps, online interactive maps, SLIP etc

GIS Software

Geographical Information System Software


These sites include extensive lists of GIS software:

Comparison


In addition to ARC-GIS which is the licenced software supported at UWA there are a number of open source GIS systems which can be installed for free. Login to UniApps for ARC-GIS access information. Comparisons of some of the different systems can be found on:
 

Diva-GIS


DIVA-GIS is a free computer program for mapping and analysing spatial data. It is particularly useful for analysing the distribution of organisms to elucidate geographic and ecological patterns. It is aimed at those who cannot afford generic commercial geographic information system (GIS) software, or do not have the time to learn how to use these often complicated programs, and for anyone else who wants a GIS tailormade to analyse biological distributions. DIVA-GIS supports vector (point, line, polygon), image and grid data types.
The site also contains downloadable GIS data sets.
 

QGIS


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 on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android and supports numerous vector, raster, and database formats and functionalities.

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