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Mapache: New web mapping tool for Central America, focused on "Ecology & Environment" - New

The CAEE/ACEA group (http://garrobo.org/) is pleased to present "Mapache", an online mapping tool focusing on Central America. The result of an all-volunteer effort, it is a GIS software framework for presenting interactive maps covering all of Central America, using free, open-source software. With this framework and with appropriate
geographical datasets (including real-time data), our goal is to build applications focused on particular themes: ecosystems, biodiversity, climate, geology, oceans, etc. We intend to make existing information more easily accessible. Our first thematic application is "Ecosystems". We thank many groups that make their data freely available: universities, non-governmental organizations, and national, regional, and international agencies. We are especially grateful to the University of Washington River Systems Research Group for donating the server and bandwith. Mapache was developed through a collaboration between Emilio Mayorga, Derek Parent, and Alexis Aguilar (http://garrobo.org/members.html).

Contact: Emilio Mayorga


gvSIG
gvSIG is a tool oriented to manage geographic information. It is characterized by a user-friendly interface, with a quick access to the most usual raster and vector formats. In the same view it includes local as well as remote data through a WMS or WFS source. Web site available in Spanish and English.


Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has developed SPRING, a complete GIS with support for both vector/raster data types and functions for Image Processing, Digital Terrain Modelling, Spatial Databases, and Map Algebra. SPRING is a complete free GIS available on the Internet at the URL.
There are versions for Windows, Linux, SunOS, AIX, HPUX and IRIX. Apart from its intrinsic usefulness, SPRINT was developed to provide Brazilian and Latin American users with a friendly learning tool. SPRING includes documentation (in Portuguese).

El ArcExplorer (spnArcExplorer) es una aplicación de Mapeo y Análisis Geográfico GRATUITA.
AEROTERRA Sociedad Anónima
Av. E. Madero 1020, Piso 23
C1106ACX Buenos Aires
Argentina
TE: (54-11) 4311-4127, FAX: (54-11) 4311-8591
E-mail: soporte@aeroterra.com
AEROTERRA Sociedad Anónima, es una organización privada que fue fundada el 29 de octubre de 1973 con el objetivo primordial de conformar una compañía de servicios dedicada a la evaluación integral de recursos naturales mediante la utilización de técnicas avanzadas de percepción remota.

Gisdevelopment.net
This is a comprehensive list of the 'Freely' downloadable software, beta-test versions and utilities relating to the GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing & Image Processing from the Mapping Science software majors.

ArcView user scripts

MapMaker Program

GIS Software

The Asian GIS Portal - Downloads

AI-GEOSTATS: The Central Server for GIS & Spatial Statistics on the Internet

Free interface to Maps Server
MapServer is an OpenSource development environment for building spatially enabled Internet applications. MapServer is not a full-featured GIS system, nor does it aspire to be. It does, however, provide enough core functionality to support a wide variety of web applications.

GeoTools
GeoTools is an open source java toolkit for developing interactive geographical maps. The emphasis is on client side mapping applets which require little or no server side support. The main file format for the moment is the ESRI shapefile. See also http://geotools.sourceforge.net/. for more information

Free software downloads from GeoCommunity (scripts, extensions, tools, demos)

IMS: Free evaluation copy of WebView from ZEBRIS
An ArcView-Extension that provides you with the possibility to present your Views on the Web or on CD ROM (includes legend, Zoom in and Zoom out, Pan, Identify and Hotlink)

FREE TNTlite
MicroImages provides TNTlite as a free version of TNTmips, our professional software for geospatial data analysis. The free TNTlite product has all the features of the professional version, except TNTlite limits the size of Project File objects, and export processes are disabled.

Rutinas AML para ArcInfo y su documentación

GIS Program
This program converts geographical coordinates to UTM and reverse, it has the capability to perform Datum transformation too. It can transform files in Longitude, Latitude, altitude to UTM coordinates. gencoordb.zip (2447 kb)

EOSGIS & MULTIGIS Home PAGE - Home of Photorrealism

Decimal Degrees to Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds, Converts between decimal degrees and degrees/minutes/seconds and back again

Coordinate Conversion, Converts latitude/longitude to UTM and UTM to latitude/longitude. From Natural Resources Canada

World Map: a biological tool for biodiversity, rarity and priority areas for conservation

Floramap: user-friendly software linked to agroclimatic and other databases. Biodiversity specialists can create maps showing the most likely distribution of wild species in nature. FloraMap can be used for virtually any species, almost anywhere in the tropics.

DIVA-GIS version 1.4, as well as a manual and a tutorial, are available for downloading from the CIP website.

CIP and IPGRI collaborated in the development of DIVA-GIS, an easy-to use software program specifically designed for the management and spatial analysis of plant genetic resources data. DIVA-GIS can be used for a number of related purposes. For example, to assign and check coordinate data of genebank accessions; to extract climate data by accession; to identify hotspots of diversity; to select sites for in-situ conservation; and reveal the occurrence of specific traits for targeted germplasm collection.


CIP MapServer : Country level data layers (altitude, land cover, population density, administrative boundaries) are also available.

About: Free Map Servers

ArcView iMapper Extension (image Mapper) - 1.1 Beta

FreeGIS: Free GIS Software and Free Geo-Data

FlowMap is a freeware application designed to analyze and display flow data. This application was developed at the Faculty of Geographical Sciences of the Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
Platforms: Windows 3.11/95/98/NT/2000

WinDisp3 is a software package for displaying and analyzing time-series satellite images. The software is tailored specifically for monitoring vegetation and weather via satellite images for early warning of droughts, crop failures, and fire danger.

Using GIS for Long-Term Impact Assessments
An ArcView GIS version of L-THIA for PCs is available for download. The ArcView GIS software and its Spatial Analyst extension are required.

Stream Network Extention for CRWR_Prepro Extension in Arcview

IDRISI32 10 day trial version.
The trial version is a complete and fully functional version of Idrisi32 version I32.11 and CartaLinx version 1.2.

OzGIS shareware mapping system

Waypoint to Shapefile convertor : program that downloads waypoints from most consumer grade GPS units directly into a shapefile.

MapScan - A Software Package for Automatic Map Data Entry
MapScan is a free software that accepts various formats of scanned maps or drawings, reads and converts them into vector maps in formats that can be used by popular mapping systems. MapScan will enable you to move printed maps or drawings into a mapping system quickly and easily, compared to traditional digitizing techniques.

ArcExplorer 3.1 - Java Edition
The newest version of ESRI's popular GIS data viewer offers quick and easy access to the Geography Network, the ability to add ArcSDE 8.1 layers, and support for AIX.

Software, Presentaciones y Manuales Gratis - CIGEO (USGS Mitch Clearinghouse Proyecto)

Windisp
Windisp is a public domain, easy to use software package for the display and analysis of satellite images, maps and associated databases, with an emphasis on early warning for food security. WinDisp was originally
developed for the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System.

MiraMon Map Reader
MiraMon Map Reader is a FREE GIS which allows the visualization, query and printing of maps published in the internet or in a CD-ROM. Maps need to be generated with the MiraMon GIS with a specific license called MiraMon Internet Map Publisher.

Lector de Mapas de MiraMon
El Lector de Mapas de MiraMon es un programa de DIFUSIÓN GRATUITA que permite la visualización, consulta e impresión de mapas publicados en Internet o en CD-ROM. Los mapas deben haber sido generados con MiraMon dotado de una licencia específica llamada MiraMon Internet Map Publisher.

Downloads
En esta pagina, encontrará listados una serie de programas, archivos y aplicaciones que le pueden llegar a ser útiles.

Cyze & Associares - Software Download
This is our download page featuring our free GIS viewers and ArcView extensions. Our 3D Viewer has been bundled with the SADA/EPA FIELDS project. We are very excited about offering these and other soon to be updated tools.

GIS Lounge - Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Data, Analysis
GIS Lounge is a GIS information portal. The purpose of this site is to provide introductory text for issues relating to GIS as well as pointers to further information. This site is run by Caitlin Dempsey, the former About.com Guide to GIS.

Natural Resources Database (NRDB)

Natural Resources Database (NRDB) is a free GIS tool for developing and distributing environmental database.

The professional version (NRDB Pro) is free to sustainable development / environmental projects in developing countries.


Christine GIS System

Christine GIS system is the new free GIS application offered at web site. This application allows basic mapping and spatial querying, creating and editing tabular data, creating light user's applications by integrated script language, and so on...

Platforms: Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP


GISITS - Soluciones Interactivas en Sistemas de Información Geográfica

GRASS GIS
GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an open source, Free Software Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological vector, image processing, and graphics production functionality that operates on various platforms through a graphical user interface and shell in X-Windows. It is released under GNU General Public License (GPL).

TatukGIS
This free Viewer reads most raster and vector formats,is very fast even with large data sets, and offers substantial useful functionality.