| Clarks Labs |
The core GIS teaching
software for most of the UNIGIS diploma programmes. A fully
functional, primarily raster based, GIS at low cost. Widely
used in GIS education and so there is a wealth of IDRISI based
educational materials. |
ENVI (The Environment for Visualising Images)
Freelook
v.3.1 |
Remote Sensing made easy,
FreeLook Version 3.1 of ENVI Software available from the ENVI
Web site. Provides basic viewing of diverse image datasets,
including standard image types such as BMP, GIF, TIFF, and
JPEG. |
| ERDAS MapSheets Express (Image Viewer) |
You can register for ERDAS
Central and get access to free software from ERDAS. Downloads
available include Mapsheets Express, Viewfinder, and more.
To download some of the free tools from ERDAS, you will
need to [ login
] |
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ESRI - Free Software, Data, and Resources |
Although ESRI is a major commercial
vendor, its Web site provides a considerable resource of free,
or limited period trial, software and data. The UNIGIS programme
values these resources. |
|
FreeGIS |
FreeGIS provides links to
free GIS software and free geo-data. |
| FreeMind |
A free mind-mapping software
written in Java. |
|
HyperLens |
HyperLens is a radically new
tool for scientific image visualisation. The viewer will run
either as an Applet from a website, or as a standalone application.
Developer's and server's kits are also available. It needs
you to have a well implemented version of Java on your machine
which can be a pain to get right but the basic package is
free! |
|
IDRISI Tutorial |
Written by Eric Lorup, one
of our Salzburg UNIGIS staff. This site provides good companion
guide for anyone who is beginning to use IDRISI. |
| Image Viewers |
Most of the major image processing
vendors provide free image viewers. Users who only need to
display data will not be disadvantaged by the limited functionality.
Viewers are available from EASI/PACE. |
| INPE SPRING |
INPE (Brazil) have produced
SPRING, a fully functional image processing and GIS package
that can be downloaded from the web. It is free and
the latest version (v3.0) is available for Windows95, NT and
UNIX platforms. SPRING was developed for training INPE
personnel and it looks very sophisticated and professional.
Documentation is in Portuguese, Spanish and English. |
|
Intergraph/GeoMedia Free Materials |
In its role as a 'Friend of
UNIGIS', Intergraph has provided our students with free 52-week
licenses of the latest version of GeoMedia Professional. Free
licenses of GeoMedia Viewer are also available. GeoMedia Viewer
is an easy to use, GIS software application for desktop viewing
and distribution of geospatial data. For more information
please visit:
[
http://imgs.intergraph.com/gviewer ]
Intergraph also provides a wide range of evaluation CDs, white
papers, technical papers and newsletters available at no cost.
For more information visit:
http://imgs.intergraph.com/freebies
|
| MapMaker |
An excellent, vector-based
desktop package. The 'Basic' version is free. The professional
version can be downloaded as a 21 day free trial.
You can produce professional maps easily from existing
or imported data with a few hours practice... Hard copy
from the program was excellent, with very fast output from
a budget laser printer... Excellent for map making, editing
or inputting vector data and GIS analysis." Mapping
Awareness , February 1998. |
| Maptitude |
Maptitude mapping softwareisa full-featured mapping software available for Windows. Designed for data visualization and geographic analysis, Maptitude comes with a comprehensive library of nationwide and worldwide maps on CD, including complete US street maps, and Census tract and ZIP Code Tabulation Area boundaries and demographics. |
|
MicroImages TNTlite |
A free version of the TNTmips
image processing and GIS software. TNTlite version 6.80 allows
you to analyse hyperspectral images up to 614 by 512 pixels
with any number of spectral bands. It has however, been
disabled from exporting data to other software. TNTlite is
free to download from the site (currently over 300Mb depending
on your computer platform), or you can order it on CD-ROM
for costs of shipping and materials (2003 price: $50). Included
on the CD, is the current set of Tutorial and Application
booklets in PDF format for learning geospatial analysis. |
|
Multispec |
You can find some pointers
to image processing freeware at this NASA site (it also includes
free TM data). The main freeware that they point to
is Multispec, a Mac package developed by LARS at Purdue University.
PC users can download a slightly cut-down version. |
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