Geographic Information System

Subject classification: this is a geography resource.

A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data.^[1]

Basics edit

Data models edit

Storage formats edit

GIS Programs edit

ArcGIS - Commercial
SAGA GIS - OpenSource - Desktop Application - Linux, Mac, Win - Novice GIS
Quantum GIS - OpenSource - Desktop Application - Linux, Mac, Win - Novice GIS
GRASS GIS - OpenSource - Desktop Application - Linux, Mac, Win - Advanced Users
LeafletJS - OpenSource - webbased visualisation and plugin based processing of geodata - Web Browser
OpenLayers - OpenSource - webbased visualisation of dynamic data and processing of downloaded geodata (e.g. Earthquake heatmap) - Web Browser

Map design edit

Analysis Tools edit

References edit

↑ Wikipedia: Geographic information system
↑ Introduction to visualising spatial data in R. Robin Lovelace, James Cheshire, Rachel Oldroyd and others 2017-03-23. PDF: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/intro-spatial-rl.pdf - Resources: See https://github.com/Robinlovelace/Creating-maps-in-R for latest version

[1] Wikipedia: Geographic information system

[2] Introduction to visualising spatial data in R. Robin Lovelace, James Cheshire, Rachel Oldroyd and others 2017-03-23. PDF: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/intro-spatial-rl.pdf - Resources: See https://github.com/Robinlovelace/Creating-maps-in-R for latest version

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