Kelly, Lance and others: Map Window GIS is worth checking out. http://www.mapwindow.org/
The cartographic tools are very limited but you can create
shapefiles and build a db very easily.
Salut! DaveH
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Dave Hobbins
UMFK, 23 Univ. Dr., Fort Kent, ME. 04743
ph: 207/834-7614
From: Maine GeoLibrary
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kelly Bellis
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:07 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Open-source GIS Software
Does anybody use an open-source GIS program?
Or can you recommend one?
Is GRASS the best thing for Windows users?
I started to write and ask the Geolibrary listserv members this question a
month or so ago, but after so many folks freaked out from my last question (Tax
Maps - any format) and subsequently asked to be taken off the listserv, fear
and guilt has - up until now - been able to suppress the query. However, the
pursuit of the best open-source GIS program still lingers and in advance of the
Thursday 12.18.2008 11:30-2:00 Central Maine Roundtable at the Waterville
City Hall in the Council Chambers (see Dan Walters notice below) I thought
it a good time to ask. I've also cc'd this notice to surveyors in the Hancock
and Penobscot area in case they might also be looking for an economic
alternative to ESRI products.
And for any Geolibrary listserv members interested, you're most certainly
welcome to attend the MSLS Hancock-Penobscot Chapter's meeting Thursday
12.11.2008 5:30PM at the Whig
and Courier
Pub upstairs in the meeting room in Bangor where Paul Swett is slated to
give an ArcPad GIS demonstration.
V. Kelly Bellis, PLS 2099
Horizon Surveying Company, Inc.
17 Union Street
Ellsworth, ME 04605
207.667.6912
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:15:37 Notice from Dan Walters:
The Maine GIS Users group is
hosting a Central Maine Roundtable from 11:30 AM to 2 PM on December 18, 2008
in the City of Waterville Council Chambers. The purpose of the roundtable
is to provide a local forum for GIS users to get to know each other, share
ideas and help each other resolve problems. Mike Smith from the Maine
Office of GIS has agreed to make a presentation on Open-source (free!) GIS
software to get the roundtable started. The remainder of the time will be
an open discussion, so make a list of issues you need help with, ideas you have
to advance the use of GIS in the area and information you would like to
share. You can register
at the MEGUG website (www.megug.org
). We will be ordering sandwiches from a local eatery and will circulate
a menu the week before the meeting. Feel free to bring your own lunch if
you prefer.
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