Questions tagged [free-software]
Free software is software that can be downloaded, installed, and used for no (financial) cost. It does not imply open-source software.
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Seeking free tool to create elevation profile for map [closed]
It is a plus if it supports a little bit of programming.
I need a more or less free tool to create an elevation profile of the mountain route - I have a start and end city for this route, also maybe I ...
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Software used to plot GPS data on a map to be saved as an image
I have GPS data from some bike rides which I'd like to use to create a video overlay showing my position on a map at a given point in time. The plan is to find some library for Python or JavaScript ...
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Publishing apps built with Experience Builder with ArcGIS developer free subscription
I have built a web experience using my ArcGIS developer free tier account and want to share it when I hit publish it says published successfully but when I share its URL it won't open.
The URL I am ...
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Is a plugin for QGIS3 with the user interface defined by code acceptable for the repository? [closed]
I am working on a QGis3x plugin, I have created a minimal Plugin, the user interface (dialog) I have defined by code. Without using Qt Designer.
If I would like to upload this plugin to the QGIS ...
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Joining area that has been split into many .dwg or .gml files
How do I merge multiple adjacent (1) dwg or (2) gml files into a continuous map using free software or online?
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Seeking host for free (little) wms server (for fantasy project)
I am programming a website (Node server) for a friend of mine who created a fantasy world, to promote his books and games.
As a former GIS tech, I really would like to setup a map of his world (using ...
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Seeking free software for rain catchment area?
I want to be able to calculate the catchment area that would feed rainwater into proposed swales.
I can do this easily enough, and with sufficient accuracy--not much accuracy is really needed, on a ...
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Calculate average value in GeoTIFF file inside a shapefile polygon?
I'm a forest owner and have information about my forest areas in ESRI shapefile format, in ETRS-TM35FIN coordinate system. I managed to create a text dump about the forest area in the following style:
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Hub and spoke map
I have a bunch of addresses located in a city, there is a central location which is the hub and I'm looking to create a hub and spoke map with lines coming from the hub and going to every point on the ...
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Converting LAS 1.4 to 1.2
LIDAR files were released for major part of Slovenia few months back in zlas format. Decompressed LAS format is 1.4 version. I have tried many options how to generate DEMs and had some success in ...
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What softwares to make maps of linguistic,ethnic distribution, and also territorial division [closed]
What softwares can I use to make maps of:
ethnic distribution, very detailed map like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Austria_Hungary_ethnic.svg
Linguistic distribution (I cannot paste ...
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Software that converts from legal description text?
Is there software that takes legal description text as input for conversion to some computer friendly GIS format? For example:
Those portions of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter and
the ...
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Making simple, web based map without uploading data to 3rd party websites?
I have a lot of point data (Lat, Long) that I want to display on a map. I want the map to be accessible to other users on my network, ideally via a web browser. However, I don't want to (read will not ...
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Open source software for 3 D vector editing on top of stereo images
I am looking for an open source software that could be used to digitize 3D vector objects from a stereo pair of remotely sensed images. Photogrammetry softwares are too expensive for my use (giving an ...
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What free software can be used for print-quality map production? [duplicate]
I am creating art prints using spatial data.
I use ESRI software every day for my regular job, therefore I am proficient in GIS. However, I can't afford ESRI software for my art projects at home.
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Free GIS software for mapping drain lines on a golf course
I work on a golf course that is built on old farm land. We have old clay drains from the turn of the 20th century and lots of additional drains that have been added in the meantime years.
No maps ...
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Need to quickly know (CLI) whether point lies inside polygon
in my app I am parsing an XML from the web which gives me such coordinate info:
I am able to use my app to get a pair of float values like 14.871381 and 50.065968. I do not want any complicate ...
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Using QGIS and PostGIS for multi-user capabilities, similar to ArcSDE for ArcGIS [duplicate]
I have previously used ArcSDE technology with Microsoft SQL Server to allow for multi-user database editing.
My ESRI licenses have recently ran out and I have been using QGIS for my GIS work.
I am ...
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Is there image editing software that will not alter a GeoTIFF's embedded georeferencing?
I know there are a couple workarounds for this but I was hoping a direct solution exists.
I am looking for an image editor (like Photoshop but hopefully free software) which can be used to edit ...
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Looking for atmospheric dispersion model with 3d GIS application
is there any atmospheric dispersion model with 3d GIS application that can use DEM and atmospheric data as input ?
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all-in-one gis packages for windows 8.1? [closed]
Is there an all-in-one installer that allows having all open-source gis apps installed in windows 8.1? with all apps I mean for instance postgresql, postgis, mapserver, qgis, grass.
I have cygwin ...
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Choosing web mapping API to use with MySQL for making map of one country? [duplicate]
I hope this question isn't too general, but I'm new to using maps, I'd like to make a map of one country on which I can plot points according to their geocodes from my mysql database, and to have the ...
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Online GIS app that allows users to log points [duplicate]
I am developing a website for a dolphin volunteer group, on this website they want a system to let volunteers and the public log sightings against a map and add some comments.
I have made a system ...
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Seeking software for opening .img files?
I have some cpc precipitation data stored in IMG format.
Could anyone suggest a software beside ERDAS imagine or Arcgis which can be freely downloaded?
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Free software to publish tiles on Amazon S3?
Does anyone know of free software that would allow me to publish tiles on Amazon S3? I know of Arc2Earth, but it is not free.
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Seeking simple GIS for Estate inventory and mapping? [closed]
I think my GIS needs would be considered simple for the 3500 acre estate I manage:
create maps of our roads, trails, fields, and buildings, and show distances on the roads and trails;
calculate ...
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Leaf Area Index (LAI) processing software
I took a bunch of hemispherical vegetation images with a fisheye lense in the field. Now I am looking for a software that can (semi-)automatically translate these images in LAI values. So far I ...
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Building a WebGIS with search functionality for a charity
I am playing with the idea of building a Basic Web based GIS system for a charity.
The problem:
I work for a charity that deals with people with Cleft Palates. They currently have a website, but ...
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Alternative to using ArcGIS Online Geocoding [duplicate]
I have 1.4 million addresses that I need to batch geocode. I can't find a free service to do so. Does anyone know of something out there that I can use? Oh, the service needs to be were I can upload a ...
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Removing duplicates from large LAS files [duplicate]
Are there any publicly and free (not necessarily open-source) applications that can remove duplicate points from LiDAR clouds?
I would like something on the lines of lasduplicate -unique_xyz, which ...
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Is there free WFS 2.0 client?
I have the task to provide my point observations data in the "WFS 2.0" (Web Feature Service 2.0) standard format.
Are there any free, easy-to-use, desktop GIS clients or online viewers for showing ...
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Downloading ArcObjects SDKs for .NET?
Can anyone can suggest where I can freely download ArcObjects SDKs for ArcGIS?
I am using version 10.2.
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Patents in GeoSpatial software: impact on practices? [closed]
I've seen on twitter a tweet saying:
Palantir has done well turning chapters of intro computational
geometry, GIS, and ontology textbooks into patents:
Looking into the results, my main concern ...
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What free or open source cloud-based software is recommended by/for the GIS community?
Note: This question is intended to complement an earlier question on installed, desktop software.
What GIS-related, or even non-GIS-specific, web- or cloud-based software/tools/services -- that are ...
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Is there a free way to convert DGN v8i to... any other format?
(Update: We have postgis and ogr2ogr (etc.) but not any ESRI or Microstation software.)
I just got DGN v8i files and I can't find any free way to convert them to... anything else.
FME and AutoDWG ...
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Seeking open source/free software for generating 3D view of mapping
Is there any software that will generate a 3D view given a DTM/height data and raster mapping, and output an image in a printable resolution?
I am looking for something similar to what you'd find in a ...
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free way to author, share ESRI gis data
I hope someone can help.
THE ISSUE:
I work for a company where 90% of the personnel work remotely. The GIS department acts as a support tool authoring content for a variety of projects. There is a ...
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Can OpenGeo Community Edition be used in commercial project? [closed]
I would like to know if the Community edition of OpenGeo Suite can be used in a commercial project?
And, if so, what are the conditions of use for the Community edition?
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Which methods are most suited to classifying urban areas from Landsat imagery? [closed]
I am trying to use Landsat data to map urban extents over time. I need to perform a classification into built up / non built-up areas. I am new to image classification. I have access to the following ...
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Public PostGIS Server available?
Can anyone point me to a (if possible at all) list of public PostGIS Servers, where one can set up their own database/tables?
I would need a PostGIS server on 24h/7d while not having the resources by ...
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What GIS software is required to export a GIS map as a hi-res raster image?
I am looking for some (preferably free) GIS software that will enable me to export multi-layered world maps (made up of shapefiles and KML files and so on...) as high resolution (21,000 pixels wide), ...
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Automatic bulk snapping with FOSS
I'm looking for a tool that would be able to automatically snap features closer than a given distance. Is there such a tool/plugin for QGIS/GRASS/OpenJump? Would it be possible to achieve that with ...
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Finding pseudo nodes in free GIS software?
Software gvSIG OA Digital Edition 2010 have tools topology for finding pseudo nodes in linear geometry. I set cluster tolerance 0.00002 and maximum number of errors -10000 for 20000 link count linear ...
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Looking for postal areas for Germany
Does anyone of you know how and where I can download postal area districts of Germany in shapefiles (download free of charge if possible).
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Looking for web and desktop tools with GML support
I am a graduate student and a novice in GIS field. I have few GML files that contain vector polygon data and I want to see them in a map format. The problem is that I do not have access to ArcGIS/...
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Seeking free Shapefile editor
I want to create and edit shapefiles for my application.
Is there a free shapefile editor?
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How could I turn my data into a heatmap / intensity map?
I have database that tracks a large number of entities. Each entity has a 'coverage area' or 'catchment area' - a radius in miles from a specified UK postcode, eg
Leyton office 4.3m E11 4LL
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Which are the best open source tools/solutions for digitizing road networks? [closed]
Which are the best open source tools/solutions for digitizing road networks?
I was thinking on tools/plugins for QGIS.
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Looking for map calibration software and city database
I'm in need of a mapping software which, given a map, lets you calibrate it (choose which geographic coordinates project to which pixels on the map image) and then given a database of cities, you can ...
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What free programs should every GIS user have installed?
Note: This question is specifically about installed, desktop software. There is another question specifically about free cloud-based software and services.
What free programs should every GIS user ...