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Esri’s Future Vision. ArcServer. ArcOnline. ArcDesktop. Jim’s Future Vision. ArcOnline. ArcServer. SQL Server. GoogleMaps. GeoServer. PostgreSQL. ERMA. GBIF. OpenStreetMap. MapServer. MySQL. EarthExplorer. GISIN. OpenStreetMap. “ NoSQL ”. BlueSpray. NationalMap. BISON.
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Esri’s Future Vision ArcServer ArcOnline ArcDesktop
Jim’s Future Vision ArcOnline ArcServer SQL Server GoogleMaps GeoServer PostgreSQL ERMA GBIF OpenStreetMap MapServer MySQL EarthExplorer GISIN OpenStreetMap “NoSQL” BlueSpray NationalMap BISON Python Files & Internet C/C++ Java ArcDesktop Visio R Excel 7-Zip GME Illustrator BlueSpray MS-Word DNRGPS FarSite MapInfo Photoshop PowerPoint FWTools FragStats QGIS Quark Express IDRISI HEC-RAS 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…
Where to go from here • GSP 370: Intermediate GIS • GSP 118 -> 318: Spatial Programming • GSP 330: Mobile Mapping • GSP 316: Cartography • GSP 216: Remote Sensing • Esri University (some free classes) • Online classes, blogs, tutorials
What to do now? • Develop your own projects and datasets • Find your style • Find what you are interested in (and enjoy) • Help people make better decisions! • Hang in there! (it gets better) • Find internships, volunteer work, and jobs where people need GIS • Develop: • Experience • Relationships