Fwd: Mapping programs

[Damien Hall]

Mark Sicoli has just sent me this (thanks, Mark) because I responded with 
interest to the question yesterday about free-download mapping programs. I 
wasn't the original questioner, but I'm afraid I can't remember who was, so 
I'm sending it on to the list!

Damien

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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:05:31 -0800
Subject: Re: LINGANTH Digest - 1 Sep 2010 to 9 Sep 2010 (#2010-87)
From: Mark Sicoli <msicoli at alaska.edu>
To: djh514 at york.ac.uk

Dear Damien,

Quantum GIS or QGIS is an open source program for doing any number of
Geographic Information Systems applications.  I used it for mapping the
progress of a survey of Zapotec and Chatino languages and was happy with the
results.

http://www.qgis.org/

It's comparable to ARCGIS without the $1000 price tag plus it exports in
many more formats.

Best of luck,

Mark

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On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Damien Hall <djh514 at york.ac.uk> wrote:

> Does anyone have a(n open access or free use or free download, etc.)
>> mapping program to recommend?
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> If there is interest, I'll post the recommendations or experiences.
>>
>
> I'd be very interested in a summary of responses. I am a dialectologist and
> so far have used a bought program, MapInfo; I have also been advised, by
> someone who ought to know,* that, if I want my work to feed into any wider
> geographical-studies communities, I really should be using ARCGis, which is
> also not free. But, even having said that, I would be interested in knowing
> what free programs other academic linguists use, just so I know about
> compatibility, etc.
>
> * The person who said this to me is also a dialectologist, but someone who
> has been out of academia and working in a Census Bureau for the last two
> years - so, both ways, he knows what he's talking about in talking about the
> wider communities I might want to tap into.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Damien
>
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