GIS Software for Non-Profits in USA

ESRI has teamed with TechSoup Stock to make its ArcView geographic information system (GIS) software available to U.S. nonprofits and public libraries. Included with ArcView are an eight-module online training course and two textbooks.

ESRI has also made available two extensions to ArcView: ArcGIS 3D Analyst and ArcGIS Spatial Analyst. Each of these extensions is accompanied by an online training course of 18 to 21 hours.

Although these tools require a fair amount of familiarity with technology, databases, and geographic concepts; many organizations are working on ways to leverage these tools to make their organizations more effective.

Tags: ArcGIS, ESRI, non-profits