Esri’s Future Vision ArcDesktop ArcOnline ArcServer

Jim’s Future Vision ArcDesktop ArcOnline ArcServer GoogleMaps OpenStreetMap R BlueSpray MapInfo QGIS FragStats GME FarSite HEC-RAS Excel GeoServer MapServer BlueSpray SQL Server PostgreSQL MySQL “NoSQL” MS-Word PowerPoint Visio Illustrator Photoshop Quark Express 7-Zip DNRGPS FWTools Python C/C++ Java GBIF GISIN BISON ERMA EarthExplorer NationalMap Files & Internet IDRISI Maxent

ArcGIS Largest Selling GIS Software Application Broad support in many sectors Expensive Slow Excellent Help Many Quality Issues Not popular outside the US

There are lots of options GRASS: Really hard to use Quantum GIS: Not as hard to use DIVA GIS: Easy, not as full featured MapInfo: Marketing & Business Autodesk: CAD, Utilities Intergraph: GeoMedia IDRISI: Clark University Smallworld: ?

Utilities FWTools –Proj4 – Projectors (SRS conversions) –GDAL – Raster file format conversions –OGR - Vector file format conversions EPSG –European Petroleum Standards Group –Database of SRSs 7-zip –Decompression DNRGPS (formerly DNRGarmin)

Modeling/Analysis Software Geospatial Modeling Environment –Primarily Wildlife Modeling –Was Hath’s Tools R –Free statistics package –Some spatial functions SAGA –System for Automated Geoscientific Analysis IDRISI –Image processing and analysis

Vertical Applications HEC-RAS: –Hydrologic Engineering Centers River Analysis System –Army Corp of Engineers Fire: –BehavePlus –FlamMap –FARSITE Landscape Analysis: –Fragstats Others…