Research Guides: Software for Data Analysis: Digital Mapping

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Geospatial Applications & Software

BatchGeo
A free tool which geocodes a list of address and finds distances.
CartoDB
A web based GIS and anaylsis tool which allows users to create dynamic maps that can be displayed and embedded in a web browser.
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds to Decimal Degrees Converter
Allows users to easily convert between the two latitude/longitude units quickly and easily.
Heat Map Generator
The Maptive Heat Map Tool makes it easy to visualize and identify trends in your location data on a Google map. You can use our heat mapping software to visualize marker density or numerical data tied to geographic locations.
Kartograph
A simple and lightweight framework for building interactive map applications
Leaflet
A light weight, java script library for making tile based interactive maps for desktop and mobile browsers.
MapBox
An opensource, developer platform for creating and using interactive maps for desktop and mobile browsers.
OpenStreetMap
(OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free and editable map of the world. Data can be downloaded to use in a GIS.
PolicyMap
A web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) used to create maps of the United States down to the Census block groups. Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates.
Social Explorer
Social Explorer provides easy-to-use tools for visual exploration of demographic information, from census and economic data to election and religion data, and more. With these interactive online tools, users can examine change over time and understand the patterns behind the raw numbers.
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MAPS: Create and customize thematic and interactive maps that explore all historical and modern US census data across the centuries and even down to street level detail (where available). Navigate current and historical demographic data and survey.
REPORTS: Create data reports at all geographic levels, including state, county, census tract, block group, zip code, and census place (where the data exist). Export, save, and print reports for professional-looking reports, presentations, and graphics. High-resolution images are available and any presentation can be exported directly to PowerPoint.
US Census Geocoder
An online tool which matches addresses to geographic locations and entities containing those addresses.