Open Source GIS Softwares you can use

Owning a GIS Software can be an expensive affair. If you are looking to learn to use a GIS Software, without investing much, here are some softwares that are freely available. However proprietary softwares like arcgis, do have their advantages, these open source softwares can be a good place to begin. Here we have listed some, where you can go to the site and explore

uDIG

http://udig.refractions.net/

QGIS   http://www.qgis.org/en/site/

OpenJump   http://www.openjump.org/

gvSIG  http://www.gvsig.com/en/home

TerraView  http://www.dpi.inpe.br/terraview_eng/index.php

Kosmo http://www.opengis.es/

WhiteboxGAT http://www.uoguelph.ca/~hydrogeo/Whitebox/index.html

Some good softwares that can be used for remote sensing and image interpretation are

Saga-GIS http://www.saga-gis.org/en/index.html

GRASS http://grass.osgeo.org/

Let’s Talk Apps

This has been taken from the site: http://ticsyformacion.com/2013/07/14/historia-de-la-geolocalizacion-infografia-infographic/

It’s a great look at the history of apps… Promise you this is a cool read!