Simple Map Viewer Application
Simple Map Viewer application is a free application allowing users to view and query portable map documents published from the Simple GIS Collaborate plugin for Simple GIS Client. Portable map documents provide a convenient mechanism to share interactive maps with colleagues and clients. For more information about the free Simple Map Viewer application click here
Simple GIS Server Admin Plugin
The Simple GIS Server Admin Plugin is a free plugin extension for Simple GIS Client that allows users to administer and publish data to their remote Simple GIS Server instance from within their Simple GIS Client application. This plugin requires Simple GIS Client Version 12.05 or later and Simple GIS Server version 4.0 or later. You can read more about this plugin from this link ... Simple GIS Client Plugins.
Sources of Free GIS Data
Listed below are links to several websites where you can find free GIS data. This is by no means an exhaustive list and as you explore, you will likely find that there are quite a few free GIS data sources available off of the internet. We hope you find these links useful.
Site Description
- Over 100 high resolution vector and raster datasets. One stop shop for
environmental and natural resource geodata... USDA:NRCS:Geospatial Data Gateway:Home
- Source of geodata and WMS services from the USGS as well as GIS maps ... https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/tnm-delivery/
- OpenStreetMap Data Extracts. Free GIS data from the OpenStreetMap contributors. Useful site for downloading OpenStreetMap data in shapefile format by geographic region. Click on the Sub-Region link to get to small enough geographic regions to download in shapefile format... http://download.geofabrik.de/index.html
- Home of Tiger Shape File data and Census data. Great for spatial analysis of US Census data... https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files.html