GIS DATA VIEWERS AND NEVADA DATA

Two free GIS data viewers that can be used to view and query various GIS data sets are listed below with links to download sites. Several Nevada GIS data packages are also listed below.


===== MAPWINDOW GIS =====

Homepage: http://www.mapwindow.org

MapWindow GIS desktop application is a free, open source, standards-based standalone software package that you can use to view and edit GIS data in many file formats.

The software includes plug-ins for various geoprocessing tasks (e.g. buffer, merge, etc.), watershed delineation, accessing online data sources, and an experimental geodatabase plug-in. The attribute table editor can be used to write simple queries, and there is a complete scripting editor that allows you to write and run scripts in VB.NET and C# directly in the MapWindow program.

Download MapWindow GIS if you need a simple map viewer, or if you want to write your own custom plug-ins to distribute to other users.

MapWindow is an extensible geographic information system. This means that you can write plug-ins to add additional functionality (models, special viewers, hot-link handlers, data editors, etc.) and pass these along to any number of your clients and end users. MapWindow includes standard GIS data visualization features as well as DBF attribute table editing, shapefile editing, and grid importing and conversion. MapWinGIS ActiveX includes a GIS API for shapefile and grid data with many built in GIS functions.


===== QUANTUM GIS =====

Homepage: http://qgis.org

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU Public License. The current official release is 1.0.2, aka "Kore".

Supported data formats include:
- spatially-enabled PostgreSQL tables using PostGIS and SpatiaLite.
- most vector formats supported by the OGR library, including ESRI shapefiles, MapInfo, SDTS and GML.
- raster formats supported by the GDAL library include digital elevation models, aerial photography or landsat imagery.
- GRASS GIS mapsets.
- online spatial data served as OGC-compliant WMS or WFS.

QGIS allows you to create, edit, model, and export spatial data using a variety of analysis and editing tools.

===== Nevada Statewide GIS data sets =====

Hess, R.H. and Davis, D., 2010, Nevada Active Mines and Energy Producers: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Map 170, 1:1,000,000 scale map. Click here for reduced file size version. For the complete GIS data set for this map click here (104 Mb zip file).

Garside, L.J. and Hess, R.H., 2007, Petroleum data map of Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Map 162, full report with GIS files, in UTM zone 11 NAD 27 projection, is available online as a zip file (115 Mb).

Price, J.G., Hess, R.H., Fitch, S., Faulds, J.E, Garside, L.J., Shevenell, L., Warren, S., 2005, Preliminary Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Dioxide Disposal by Sequestration in Geological Settings in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 51, 39 pages. A full compilation of all data sets used to produce this report, in UTM zone 11 NAD 27 projection, is available for download as a zip file (197 Mb).

Hess, R.H., 2001, Nevada Abandoned Mines Database Update, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Open-File Report 2001-03, available online, in UTM zone 11 NAD 27 projection, as a zip file (111 Mb).

Digital raster graphic (DRG) maps of Nevada are scanned georeferenced images of USGS standard series topographic maps. They are available as TIFFw files in UTM NAD 27 projection online.

Geologic Map of Nevada, 1:500,000 scale, by J.H. Stewart and J.E. Carlson in PDF file format. Georeferenced version in TIFFw format, UTM NAD27 Zone 11 projection, zip compressed file.

U.S.G.S. Topographic Map of Nevada, 1:500,000 scale, in PDF file format. Georeferenced version in TIFFw format, UTM NAD27 Zone 11 projection, zip compressed file.

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Ronald H. Hess
Homepage rhess@ronhess.info
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June 8, 2018