Geographic Information Systems

Hamilton provides access to ESRI's ArcGIS software in the public Windows labs and on faculty office/lab Windows computers.  We have ArcGIS 10 with several extensions such as Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst.  We also have a site license for ENVI, which is an application for processing and analyzing geospatial imagery.  Please contact DIS (x5347) for installation of this software and ITSS (x4877) for assistance with its use.

Other GIS tools which you are free to explore on your own include:

• ArcGISExplorer Online is a free, simplified, and web-based version of ArcMap from ESRI
• Mapserver is an open-source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications
• Quantum GIS is a user-friendly open-source Geographic Information System
• GRASS GIS is an open-source Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
• Clark Labs produces Idrisi Taiga and other land-modeling software (fee-based)
• Manifold is a visually-oriented alternate GIS (fee-based)
• MapInfo is a more business-oriented GIS (fee-based)
• GISCloud claims it is the "world's first full-featured web-based GIS powered by Cloud Computing"
• Ortelius is relatively inexpensive, visually stunning and ceated for the Macintosh

Hamilton's resources for GIS support are somewhat limited at this time, but there are many online resources for learning about and using GIS.  See the great resources available at our GIS Support Resources page.

There are many sources of geographic data on the Internet; please visit our GIS Data Sources page for some of the more interesting and/or reliable ones.

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