There is a number of free software packages that are available from
the web that will allow you to interact with geospatial data. The
following packages can be downloaded free from the internet:
- MapWindow
- allows for the viewing of Google Earth images and shapefiles
(free)
- ArcExplorer
- allows for the viewing of
Geotiff
files and ESRI
shapefiles
.
- ArcReader
- allows for the viewing of published maps published with Arcmap.
- Microdem
- allows for the viewing of elevation models, satellite images and
scanned maps
- TatukGIS
Viewer - opens most GIS and raster images
- DNR Garmin
- An application that will allow a user to download/upload from/to
a GPS unit.
- GPSUtility
- An application that will allow a user to download/upload data
from/to a GPS unit.
PLEASE NOTE : - The BDTNRM provide the above links as an
information source only. The BDTNRM accept no responsibilities for
any system difficulties that you may experience as a result of
installing these applications on your systems.
ESRI Australia offers the ESRI desktop software through the ESRI
Conservation Program. NRM, in conjunction with ESRI Australia, has
established a program that will provide Queensland landholders with
a Geographic Information System (GIS) software tool that will
enable land owners to create, edit and interpret natural
resource information for their own land or interest area.
The NRM ArcGIS Software program is part of the worldwide ESRI
Conservation Program, the non-profit support arm of the developers
of ESRI Australia software, ESRI Inc.