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Find open source GIS software, tutorials, and tools to help you in your mapping projects.

  • CDC Epi Info 7 (CDC): Resources for Creating Public Health Maps (CDC)
  • Data Sources – Geographic Information Systems & Science (cancer.gov)
  • Free Map Tools
  • GeoDa
  • GRASS GIS – Bringing advanced geospatial technologies to the world (osgeo.org)
  • Inkscape: Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics Software
  • Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke
  • MapWindow (open source)
  • OpenJUMP
  • Open Street Map
  • QGIS (Quantum GIS)
  • Resources for Pursuing a Graduate Degree in Geospatial Data Science from MastersinDataScience.org
  • R Statistical Software
  • SaTScan (CDC)
  • uDIG (User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS)
  • Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools (University of Guelph, Canada)
Last Reviewed: August 31, 2021
Source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
homeGIS Exchange
  • Map Galleryplus icon
    • Add Your Map to the Map Gallery
  • Tips for Creating Maps for Public Healthplus icon
    • Classifying Data
    • Types of Thematic Maps
  • Rate Stabilizing Toolplus icon
    • Installation Instructions and User Guide for ArcGIS Pro
    • Installation Instructions and User Guide for ArcMap v10.5
    • Using Aggregate Data in the RST
Other DHDSP Web Sites
  • DHDSP
  • Heart Disease
  • Stroke
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Cholesterol
  • Million Hearts®
  • WISEWOMAN