AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program

Tools

A wide variety of potentially useful open source and commercial software solutions are available.

batchgeocode.com
Batchgeocode.com is a useful tool for inputting structured information with coordinates or addresses and automatically mapping and converting it to a Google Map or KML.

Bing Maps
Bing Maps is a web-based mapping service.

CrimeStat
CrimeStat III is a spatial statistics program for the analysis of crime incident locations, developed by Ned Levine & Associates under the direction of Ned Levine, PhD, that was funded by grants from the National Institute of Justice. The program is Windows-based and interfaces with most desktop GIS programs. The purpose is to provide supplemental statistical tools to aid law enforcement agencies and criminal justice researchers in their crime mapping efforts. CrimeStat is being used by many police departments around the country as well as by criminal justice and other researchers.

ERDAS Imagine
The ERDAS Imagine Suite of software is the geospatial data authoring software. ERDAS Imagine performs advanced remote sensing analysis and spatial modeling to create new information. In addition, with ERDAS Imagine, you can visualize your results in 2D, 3D, movies, and on cartographic quality map compositions.

ESRI ArcMap
ArcMap is geographic information system (GIS) software for visualizing, managing, creating, and analyzing geographic data. Using ArcMap, you can understand the geographic context of your data, allowing you to see relationships and identify patterns in new ways.

eTrex H handheld GPS
Perfect for outdoor enthusiasts on a budget, eTrex H comes with a high-sensitivity GPS receiver that locks onto satellite signals quickly and maintains accuracy — even in the toughest conditions. And just like the popular eTrex, this little yellow wonder combines an intuitive interface and a rugged exterior into a lightweight handheld that fits in the palm of your hand.

Forerunner 405
This GPS-enabled sport watch tracks your training, then wirelessly sends your data to your computer. The ultimate in training technology, its sleek design features a touch bezel that lets you quickly scroll and select features on the run.Once you've logged the miles, innovative ANT+™ wireless technology automatically transfers data to your computer when the Forerunner is in range.

FrontlineSMS
FrontlineSMS is award-winning free, open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. Once installed, the program enables users to send and receive text messages with groups of people through mobile phones. What you communicate is up to you, making FrontlineSMS useful in many different ways.

Fuzzy Matcher
This page provides access to the AAAS 'fuzzy' matching tools. These tools allow reported place names to be matched with identified locations in eastern Burma, Darfur, Ethiopia, and Pakistan.

Gapminder
Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels. Gapminder provides visualizations of various types of data.

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