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GIS Computer Software in the Libraries

NCSU Libraries has two workstations devoted to geospatial and numeric data services. The following software packages are installed on the workstations for public use:

• ArcGIS 9.3.1 Workstation including: ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcGlobe, ArcScene, ArcReader, Command-Line Arc, ArcEdit, ArcPlot, ArcTools, Grid
• Additional ArcGIS Extensions: ArcHydro, Hawth's Tools, ET GeoWizards
• ArcView 3.3 and the Spatial Analyst Extension
• AutoDesk 2009 includes: AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD Raster Design, Autodesk Design Review 2010
• FME - ESRI Edition, coming soon
• MapTech Terrain Navigator Pro 7.01 - North Carolina Topo Map Set
• MapTech Terrain Navigator 4.05 - National Park Digital Guide
• National Geographic TOPO! Mid-Atlantic States

• Google Earth 5 and Google Earth Pro 5
• MapWindow GIS 4.6 - desktop GIS app
• Quantum GIS 1.0.2 (also known as QGIS) - desktop GIS app
• Ilwis 3.6 - desktop GIS app
• Google Sketchup 6.4.112 - create 3D models
• FWTools 2.4.2 - various data management tools
• GRASS 6.4.0 RC5 - analysis, image processing, modeling, visualization
• Gaia 3 - access multiple real-time data sources
• OGR2GUI 0.2 - convert and manipulate geospatial data
• Opticks 4.3.0 - remote sensing
• SpatialLite 2.3.1 - spatial DBMS

• Garmin: MapSource, Trip and Waypoint Manager, TOPO US 2008, nRoute
• DNR Garmin
• WayPoint+ to Shapefile Converter
• GMap Tools
• KML2GPX

• SAS 9.1.3
• SPSS 17.0 and Amos 17.0
• R 2.9.1
• Stat/Transfer 8
• Data Ferret

• CensusCD 1970 (goes to the tract level)
• CensusCD 1980 (goes to the tract level)
• CensusCD+Maps (1990, goes to the block group level)
• CensusCD+Maps Blocks (1990, goes to the block level)
• CensusCD 2000 Short Form (goes to the block group level)
• CensusCD 2000 Short Form Blocks (goes to the block level)
• CensusCD 2000 Long Form (goes to the block group level)
• Neighborhood Change Database
• Estimates & Projections
• User Guides for the above are accessible via shortcuts from the Start menu

• BioScan
Rosetta Stone 4
• International Monetary Fund

• Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise - Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.
• OpenOffice 3.1

• 7-Zip 4.65 - File compression
• Python 2.5 and PythonWin 2.5
• AlternaTIFF - Browser TIFF plug-in viwer, mainly for patent images
• Crimson Editor 3.72 - Text editor
• Total Edit 5.2.8 - Text editor
• NotePad++ 5.4.5 - Text editor
• NoteTab Pro 4.95 - Text editor
• Irfanview 4.25 - Image viewing, limited editing
• VideoLAN Media Player 1.0.1 - Multi-format video and media player
• Jing - Screen capture, annotation, sharing
• Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 - CD/DVD Burning Software
• Acrobat Reader 9.1 - PDF File viewer
• TrendMicro OfficeScan - Antivirus
• PrimoPDF - pdf print driver for any document
• Versaverter - Units conversions
• WinSCP 4.1.9 - Secure FTP
• WolfCall (connect to K:\ drive)

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