Gis Software
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</p><h3 class="heading-h1"><a name="GISSoftware" class="anchorpoint"></a>GIS Software</h3><p class="paragraph"><strong class="bold">Contributor(s)</strong>: David Germano
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="Overview" class="anchorpoint"></a>Overview</h3><p class="paragraph"> While increasingly online facilities are being offered to view GIS datasets, these are generally limited in their ability to do complex analysis. Thus desktop software remains an imperative for serious work.
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="QuantumGIScrossplatformandfree" class="anchorpoint"></a>Quantum GIS (cross-platform and free)</h3><p class="paragraph">URL: <img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><span class="nobr"><a href="http://qgis.org/" target="rwikiexternal">http://qgis.org/</a></span></p><p class="paragraph">Quantum GIS is free software which is cross-platform - Mac, Windows and Linux. It is an excellent choice we highly recommend.
</p><h3 class="heading-h2"><a name="ESRISoftware" class="anchorpoint"></a>ESRI Software </h3><p class="paragraph">URL: <img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><span class="nobr"><a href="http://www.esri.com/" target="rwikiexternal">http://www.esri.com/</a></span> ESRI software is the most widespread software used for GIS research and analysis in the Academy. It is however expensive and complex.
</p><h3 class="heading-h6"><a name="ProvidedforunrestrictedusebythespanclassnobrimgsrcsakairwikitoolimagesicklearrowgifaltexternallinktitleexternallinkahrefhttpwwwthliborgtargetrwikiexternalTibetanandHimalayanLibraryaspan" class="anchorpoint"></a><em class="italic">Provided for unrestricted use by the <span class="nobr"><img src="/" alt="external link: " title="external link"/><a href="http://www.thlib.org" target="rwikiexternal">Tibetan and Himalayan Library</a></span></em></h3>