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Hardware and Software to Support GIS Mark Goetz, GISP Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments [email protected]
Hardware and Software to Support GIS
Mark Goetz, GISPNortheastern Connecticut Council of
Hardware
• Creating– In the air – Photogrammetry, Lidar
– On the ground – Lidar, Surveying, GPS
– In the Office – Scanning, Digitizing, COGOing
• Using– Office – PCs/Workstations
– Field – GPS/Mobile Phones/Tablets
• Publishing– Internet/Intranet – Servers/Network
– Cloud - Virtual
Film based Photogrammetry
Digital Photogrammetry
Terrestrial Lidar
Surveying
GPS
Cost:~$100
Cost:~$500
Cost:~$5,000
Cost:> $10,000
Accuracy:< 15 Feet
Accuracy:< 3 Feet
Accuracy:< 1 Foot
Accuracy:< 0.1 Foot
Scanning and Digitizing
PCs/Workstations/Peripherals
Mobile Devices
Servers / Networks
Cloud Infrastructure
Software
• Desktop
– Generic Vector/Raster
– Raster
• Mobile/GPS
• Server/Web
Desktop GIS Software
• ESRI ArcGIS www.esri.com
• Pitney Bowes MapInfo http://www.pbinsight.com/products/location-
intelligence/applications/mapping-analytical/mapinfo-professional/
• AutoCAD Map / Civil 3D http://usa.autodesk.com/autocad-map-3d/
• Intergraph GeoMediahttp://www.intergraph.com/sgi/products/productFamily.aspx?family=10&country=
• Smallworldhttp://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/gis_software/en/index.htm
• Many, Many More http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software
Desktop Raster GIS Software
• ERDAS Imagine http://www.erdas.com/Homepage.aspx
• ITT ENVI http://www.ittvis.com/language/en-us/productsservices/envi.aspx
• GRASS http://grass.osgeo.org/
Mobile GIS/GPS Software
• ESRI ArcPad http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcpad/index.html
• ESRI ArcGIS Mobile http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgismobile/index.html
• Trimble Terrasynchttp://www.trimble.com/terrasync.shtml
• Others? http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GIS_Mobile_Comparison
Server/Web based GIS
• ESRI ArcGIS Server http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisserver/index.html
• Autodesk MapGuidehttp://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=6546938&siteID=123112
• Pitney Bowes MapInfo Exponarehttp://www.pbinsight.com/products/location-intelligence/applications/mapping-analytical/exponare/
• Open Source:
– MapServer http://mapserver.org/
– GeoServer http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/Welcome
