Client-side options
- Cross-platform
- My World GIS 5.0: http://www.pasco.com/myworld/ ...this is an evolutionary dead end (the software is no longer supported), so no guarantees.
- I also have an install file for My World 4.1 (whose interface I infinitely prefer), but it's PC-only.
- QGIS: http://www.qgis.org/ ...is an an open-source project, plus it's not dead. I've only used it once, way back in the day, so I'm not as familiar with it as the others.
- My World GIS 5.0: http://www.pasco.com/myworld/ ...this is an evolutionary dead end (the software is no longer supported), so no guarantees.
- PC-only: ArcGIS (requires Lehigh log-in, only for install on Lehigh-owned computers): http://software.lehigh.edu/install/ ...Scroll down (or search down) to 'Esri ArcGIS Desktop Suite'. Note that once you install, you'll also need the license from Scott Rutzmoser
Web-based option: ArcGIS Online is pretty much the only game in town. There are two levels of accounts:
- Free Public Account (be sure to choose 'Free Public Account' and not 'Organizational Account'!): http://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html
- Lehigh University organizational account: lu.maps.arcgis.com. Use your Lehigh computing ID to log in.
List of bookmarks about GIS: https://delicious.com/tchammond/tlt394,GIS
Set of pages intro'ing client-side GIS. It's built with My World GIS in mind.
- What is GIS?
- Why bother with GIS?
- I'm sold! How do I do this GIS thing? (intro)
- Doing GIS for real, this time (a deep dive)
- And now the training wheels are off! GIS under your own power