[meteorite-list] Using GIS for Meteorite Hunting and Study

[Paul]

McCartney Taylor wrote
 
"I, too, am a GIS person. Since Land ownership & 
GIS has just been brought up, I have to take this 
one step farther and mention good & free
GIS packages."
 
I do not bother with ESRI as a GIS program even though
where I work has a group license for it. It takes a long,
long 
time to learn how to work. Instead, I use Global Mapper, 
which only costs about 300.00 dollars and is very easy to 
use and does what I need it to do. Also, their support 
people, not only return email and other inquiries about 
problems, they typically do it the same day that you 
contact them. More information can be found at:

Global Mapper - http://www.globalmapper.com/
 
It does a spectacular job with Digital Elevation Models
(DEMs) 
especially those made from LIDAR data. Some examples of 
DEMs made from the LIDAR data can be seen in "The 
Scotlandville, Denham Springs, and Baton Rouge Faults - A 
Map Guide for Real Estate Buyers, Sellers, and Developers
in 
the Greater Baton Rouge Area" at 
 
http://www.lgs.lsu.edu/deploy/uploads/BRFaultsGuide.pdf
 
Yours,
 
Paul H.