- ArcGIS Online
- A part of the Esri Geospatial Cloud, ArcGIS Online (AGOL) is a complete mapping and analysis solution that you can access directly through your browser (see Supported Browsers).
- Cartopy
- The cartopy package is a great tool for creating maps using Python.
- Center for Conservation Biology Mapping Portal
- The Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) is is a research group within The College of William and Mary and the Virginia Commonwealth University that consists of professionals, students, and citizens who are dedicated to the common vision that the natural environment is an important part of our quality of life. The Mapping Portal is a complimentary service to the conservation community centered around birds (e.g., bald eagles and ospreys) within the Chesapeake Bay area.
- EnviroAtlas
- Provides interactive tools that allow users to discover, analyze, and download data and maps related to ecosystem services, or the benefits people receive from nature.
- Felt
- Self-proclaimed world’s first-ever modern collaborative mapping tool.
- GeoDa
- A free and open source software tool that provides a user-friendly graphical user interface for exploratory spatial data analysis developed by Dr. Luc Anselin and his team. GeoDa runs on Windows, MacOSX and Linux (Ubuntu).
- GeoHack
- A modified version of map sources from Egil Kvaleberg’s gis extension. It is designed to do simple HTML replacements of a template on Wikipedia and serve it to the client. It is used by Wikipedia to provide links to various mapping services, when a user clicks on a link with geographical coordinates. For example, click here to GeoHack the Swem Library.
- GEOLocate Web Application
- Simply type in your locality description and get back georeferenced results.
- Google Earth
- Software that renders a 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery based on the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.
- Jupyter Notebooks
- The Jupyter Notebook is an incredibly powerful tool for interactively developing and presenting data-centric projects. Take a look at these notebook with a focus on Earth science and geospatial data.
- NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides an open access interactive Sea Level Rise Viewer that shows you what currently dry land could be under water with different sea level rise scenarios along with their confidence value.
- OpenStreetMap.org
- A collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world.
- ReefBase
- A Global Information System for Coral Reefs.
- USGS Data and Tools
- Digital information provided in a format suitable for direct input to software that can analyze its meaning in the scientific, engineering, or business context.