Mapping Tools

These software tools can be used to help create or view maps.

Software

• ArcView Translators - tools for translation to and from the Environmental Systems Research Institute's (ESRI) ArcView format.
  
  
• Epi Info and Epi Map - free software for collection and geographic display of data, from the Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics of the Centers for Disease Control.
  
  
• MapInfo - developer of a number of mapping products and services.
  
  
• FreeGIS Project - freely available GIS software.
  
  
• MapCruzin.com GIS software - freely available GIS software and resources.
  
  
• Microsoft MapPoint - integrates with Microsoft Office.
  
  
• MapTools - hosts open source mapping projects, and provides other resources to users and developers of such projects.
  
  
• Shapelib - source code and documentation for an Application Program Interface in C to read and write ESRI shape files.
  
  

Cartography

• ColorBrewer - Dr. Cynthia Brewer's site for map color selection. (Also see ColorTool for use in ArcMap.)
  
  
• Educational Color Applets - includes background information on color perception and software tools to convert from one color space to another.
  
  
• "Making maps that communicate" (PDF) - ArcUser article with tips for the non-professional mapmaker.
  
  
• Odden's Bookmarks - a collection of over 20,000 cartographic links.
  
  
• University of Waterloo Map & Design Library
  
  
• U.S. Census Bureau Maps and Cartographic Resources
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Map Machine - National Geographic's interactive mapping tool.
  
  
• EnviroMapper - a tool developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to map various types of environmental information, including air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites.
  
  

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