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Last update:
15/11/2006

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

Surfer (PC)
Surfer is a contouring and 3D surface mapping program. It converts your data into contours, surfaces, wireframes, vectors, images, shaded relief, and maps.

ArcView with 3D Analyst (PC)
ArcGIS 3D Analyst enables users to effectively visualize and analyze surface data. Using 3D Analyst, you can view a surface from multiple viewpoints, query a surface, determine what is visible from a chosen location on a surface, and create a realistic perspective scene by draping raster and vector data over a surface.

MapInfo (PC)
MapInfo is a widely used GIS, supporting a large variety of data types.

Idrisi32 (PC)
Idrisi is a raster GIS/Remote Sensing software that specializes in raster data. A suite of tools provides capabilities for image processing, restorations, enhancements, and transformations.

Manifold System (PC)
Manifold System is a relatively cheap GIS that support different types of data and offers a wide array of tools. It may be used to produce shaded relief and perspective views among other things.