GIS Software & Online Utilities
If you're looking to create your own customized maps or preform analysis with GIS you will need software or utilities. Depending on your needs, you will either want to use desktop software on your computer, or use an online platform.
GIS desktop applications are able to offer a variety of powerful tools and applications for GIS. A great option for those who will be doing complex, comprehensive, or frequent work in a GIS.
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| ESRI - | An industry standard suite of comprehensive GIS applications providing sophisticated analysis and cartographic capabilities for all common data types. See the campus software licensing page for details on licenses and downloads. |
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| QGISWindows, Macintosh, Linux Free, Open Source |
A popular free and open source application with a large user and development community. Provides complex analysis and cartographic capabilities with support for additional functionality through user-developed plugins. Part of the larger OpenGeo Suite of applications. |
Online GIS platforms offer a range of limited functionality suitable for most people without the need to install software onto your computer.
ArcGIS Online(UA Access Only) ESRI's online web GIS system that allows users to create and share maps, scenes, applications, layers, analytics, and data. The University of Arizona has an organizational account with a credit pool that allows users to access and use the full suite of capabilities. |
These online utilities provide easy to use data manipulation services for geospatial data types.
GeoConverterA web-based utility that allows you to convert from or to multiple data types including: DXF (AutoCAD), CSV, Shapefile, GeoJSON, GML, KML, and PDF. |