Geographic information system (GIS) 4

GIS – SOFTWARES

1. Mapping

–      Micro Sta

•       CAD software product for 2 and 3-dimensional design and drafting

–      MGE (Modular GIS Envmt)

•       MGE has a multipurpose structure that allows accessing common utilities, application software, graphic data and the databases

–      Oracle Spatial

•       Aids users in managing geographic and loc-data in a native type within an Oracle database

–      Adobe Photoshop

•       A graphics editing program

2. GIS

–      GeoMedia

•       It is the tech, suite of software components in Intergraph Corp's GIS and family of software products used for GIS dev

–      ArcGIS

•       It is a suite consisting of a group of GIS software incl ArcReader, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcView, ArcEditor and ArcInfo

–      FalconView

•       It displays various types of maps and geographically referenced overlays

–      Global Mapper

•       Handles vector, raster, and elev data, and provides viewing, conversion, and other general GIS featres

–      Terraexplorer

•       It is a powerful, easy-to-use tool for exploring, editing, analyzing, annotating and publishing photo-realistic interactive 3D envmt

•       Its components incl Terraexplorer viewer, Terraexplorer Plus and Terraexplorer Pro.

3. Others

–      ERDAS Imagine

•       It is a remote sensing application with raster graphics editor capabilities

•       It is aimed primarily at geospatial raster data processing and allows the user to prep, display and enhance digital images for mapping use in GIS or in CAD software

–      FEWS

•       It is flood early wng sys software

•       Inputs req are river flows and expected rain fall

•       To benefit fully from this software, the expertise of an experienced hydrologist are required

•       The generated output is real time and expected extent of flood areas