hardware and software to support...

Hardware and Software to Support GIS

Mark Goetz, GISPNortheastern Connecticut Council of

GovernmentsMark.goetz@neccog.org

Hardware

• Creating– In the air – Photogrammetry, Lidar

– On the ground – Lidar, Surveying, GPS

– In the Office – Scanning, Digitizing, COGOing

• Using– Office – PCs/Workstations

– Field – GPS/Mobile Phones/Tablets

• Publishing– Internet/Intranet – Servers/Network

– Cloud - Virtual

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Film based Photogrammetry

Digital Photogrammetry

Airborne Lidar

Terrestrial Lidar

Surveying

GPS

Cost:~$100

Cost:~$500

Cost:~$5,000

Cost:> $10,000

Accuracy:< 15 Feet

Accuracy:< 3 Feet

Accuracy:< 1 Foot

Accuracy:< 0.1 Foot

Scanning and Digitizing

PCs/Workstations/Peripherals

Mobile Devices

Servers / Networks

Cloud Infrastructure

Software

• Desktop

– Generic Vector/Raster

– Raster

• Mobile/GPS

• Server/Web

Desktop GIS Software

• ESRI ArcGIS www.esri.com

• Pitney Bowes MapInfo http://www.pbinsight.com/products/location-

intelligence/applications/mapping-analytical/mapinfo-professional/

• AutoCAD Map / Civil 3D http://usa.autodesk.com/autocad-map-3d/

• Intergraph GeoMediahttp://www.intergraph.com/sgi/products/productFamily.aspx?family=10&country=

• Smallworldhttp://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/gis_software/en/index.htm

• Many, Many More http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software

Desktop Raster GIS Software

• ERDAS Imagine http://www.erdas.com/Homepage.aspx

• ITT ENVI http://www.ittvis.com/language/en-us/productsservices/envi.aspx

• GRASS http://grass.osgeo.org/

Mobile GIS/GPS Software

• ESRI ArcPad http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcpad/index.html

• ESRI ArcGIS Mobile http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgismobile/index.html

• Trimble Terrasynchttp://www.trimble.com/terrasync.shtml

• Others? http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GIS_Mobile_Comparison

Server/Web based GIS

• ESRI ArcGIS Server http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisserver/index.html

• Autodesk MapGuidehttp://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=6546938&siteID=123112

• Pitney Bowes MapInfo Exponarehttp://www.pbinsight.com/products/location-intelligence/applications/mapping-analytical/exponare/

• Open Source:

– MapServer http://mapserver.org/

– GeoServer http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/Welcome

Thanks and Questions

Mark Goetz, GISP

Mark.goetz@neccog.org

860-774-1253