GIS Software

Information about GIS software and applications including both commercial and open source GIS applications. This category covers desktop GIS (Esri’s ArcGIS suite, MapInfo, QGIS, and GRASS) as well as web mapping, GIS apps, mobile GIS, and component GIS.

Vector GIS Product Categories

Marco Morais

This article categorizes GIS software by use, into four categories: desktop mapping, data viewers, components, and internet mapping.

Linking MS Access With ArcView 3.x Using Avenue

Caitlin Dempsey

The two sections of code in this article focus on using Avenue to interact with MS Access to extract and use data with ArcView.

What does it take to support a GIS?

GIS Contributor

A systems analyst discusses what it takes for the information technology group for a local government to support GIS operations.

Simplified ArcGIS Product Schema

Introducing the ArcGIS Platform: One Look, Many Applications

Marco Morais

Perhaps the most immediate impact for users leaving the 2000 ESRI User Conference is the announcement of the unification of the ESRI product line, called ArcGIS.

How to Add a Custom Symbol to Arcview 3x

Caitlin Dempsey

This article will show you in easy to follow steps how to add your own image file to ArcView 3x in order to create a custom symbol.