Open Dragon software for aerial/satellite imagery analysis, is now freely available for non-commercial use, and the Java source code will be released as open source by early 2011. OpenDragon provides a robust suite of image processing operations, via an intuitive, responsive, multi-window graphical user interface.
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» Read more: OpenDragon: New Open-Source Imagery Analysis Program
Autodesk, Inc. announced AutoCAD for Mac software. Meanwhile a mobile version called AutoCAD WS will be available free on Apple’s App Store for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The free version is said to allow users to view, edit and share AutoCAD designs and make minor changes.
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» Read more: AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD WS App for iPad and iPhone
Download for free ArcGIS Explorer Build 1500. This latest version of ArcGIS Explorer comes packed with a bundle of updates and new features. ArcGIS Explorer is a free, downloadable GIS viewer that gives you an easy way to explore, visualize, and share GIS information.
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There are a lot of mapping applications for the iPhone, but real mobile GIS software is not common yet. Users want to step further and includes not only geolocation capabilities but also visualization of different map layers from different sources, which can be overlayed. iExtMap is the answer, a mobile GIS Viewer for IPhone, IPod Touch and IPad devices.
iExtMap is a free viewer for ArcGIS Server, WMS and KML/GeoRSS. Users can also see static map tiles with it.
The project OpenStreetMap is one of the most interesting in recent times in the open source world, and seeks to provide an alternative developed by and for the user community that offers a series of maps that serve to map all kinds of scenarios, and between them, mapping services on the web.
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Recently Michelle Ballinger has put together a short tutorial “Blueprint for Creating an Open Source Web Map” using GeoServer which includes a section using Open Source GIS Quantum GIS & uDig. The blueprint uses the final project for Pennsylvania State University’s Geography 585 Open Source Web Mapping Class as an example.
ESRI’s Applications Prototype Lab published a new version of the free GeoTagger Add-In for ArcGIS Desktop 10. This Add-In allows the user to geotag any text directly from ArcMap. Simply drop and drop any text into the dialog and click the button to submit it MetaCarta’s public geotagging web service.
GeoTagger Add-In for ArcGIS Desktop 10 uses MetaCarta’s public geotagging web service to extract geographic references from text. The service supports English, Russian, Spanish and Arabic. This contribution includes full source code.
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ESRI’s Applications Prototype Lab released a new version of the dynamic charting tool for ArcGIS Desktop 10. See previous version here.
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Cogent3D, Inc., announces the iTune App store release of GISRoam™, a new iPad and iPhone application that allows the user to load, view, collect, search, edit and save ESRI GIS Shapefiles layers without conversions – with Google Maps as background.
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ZwCAD is CAD / CAM program, intended for architects, engineers, designers, GIS and others . ZwCAD is an AutoCAD alternative for all CAD users. ZWCAD 2010 is cost-effective CAD software with DWG support. This CAD software includes three versions: Standard, Professional and Academic.
» Read more: ZwCAD, an AutoCAD Alternative for All CAD users
Google just released Google Earth 3.0 application for iPhone which is full iPad compatible, available now for free at App Store. GE 3.0 allowing you to touch and swipe your way through the high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery available in the desktop version of Google Earth, a beautiful version that looks stunning on your iPad.
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» Read more: Download Google Earth for iPhone & iPad from App Store
ESRI has published the system requirements and hardware recommendations for the upcoming ArcGIS 10. For all of you Window XP users, you’ll need to be at XP Service Pack 3 to install Desktop 10, with Minimum CPU is a 2.2 Ghz and minimum memory is 2 GB. ESRI says ArcGIS 10 available for partner download on June, 21 2010, public download on June, 28 2010.
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NOTE: Use the following system requirements as a guideline for planning purposes. These system requirements are subject to change before the final release of ArcGIS 10. » Read more: ArcGIS 10 Desktop System Requirements
amMap is a free customizable and interactive Flash maps for your websites, presentations, e-learning tools and more. Maps can be used to show locations of your offices, routes of your journeys, create your distributor map, or to show complex dated interactive data at irregular intervals.
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ArcGIS for iPhone extends the reach of your GIS from the office to the mobile web. It includes a free application that you can download from the iTunes App Store along with a native Objective C/Cocoa developer kit that you can leverage to build your own iPhone applications.
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StatPlanet Map Maker is a freeware application for creating highly interactive flash maps and graphs in minutes. Its purpose is to support evidence-based decision making. It comes as a compressed file. This cartography software may have a few slight flaws, but it still offers an exciting functionality.
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