awesome-geo

A curated list of awesome geo tools, software, demos, maps and data. Inspired by Awesome Python and Awesome lists in general.

• Awesome Geo
  • Software and Tools
  • Geo Demos and Maps
  • Data
  • Python Libraries
  • Icons

##Software and Tools

• dropchop.io - Simple browser based GIS. makes creating a buffer super quick.
• QGIS - a free and open source Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Astro Digital - Landsat 8 - Search for Landsat 8 scenes and publish a map that can be used in any web or mobile application.
• PointVue - Free software for visualising Lidar point clouds in LAS format.
• LASTools - Command line tools for fast and efficient Lidar data operations.
• GDAL - Translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats.
• SAGA GIS - Free desktop GIS software.
• DroneLab - Service for viewing and sharing orthomosaics.
• Mapbox - An open source mapping platform for custom designed maps.
• CartoDB - A mapping platform to design and build maps.
• Remote Pixel Landsat 8 Evolution - Create time series GIFs of Landsat 8 imagery.
• osm2vectortiles - Create a custom base map in minutes.

##Geo Demos and Maps

• Spinning Globe - Demo of a spinning globe in the browser, using d3.js.
• Lidar DSM map of England and Wales - Nice visualisation of all the UK Environment Agencies open Lidar DSM data.
• Polarview - Sea ice information, data and SAR imagery for the Antarctic.
• Point clouds in the browser - Lidar data visualised in the browser

##Data

• OpenStreetMap - The place for street level map data.
• OpenTopography - Free and openly available topographic data.
• OpenAerialMap - A collection of openly licensed satellite and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery.
• Earth Images by Geocento - An app for search and download of a huge range of freely available and commercial satellite imagery.
• Polarview - Sea ice information, data and SAR imagery for the Antarctic.
• NASA OceanColor - Satellite derived ocean color data products available free from NASA.
• Landsat 8 on Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Information on how to access Landsat 8 data via AWS.
• Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) - Imagery web services for global earth observation datasets from NASA.
• Natural Earth - Freely available global map vector dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110 million scales

##Python Libraries

• GDAL - Python bindings for GDAL
• PyQGIS - Loads of geo functions for extending QGIS functionality and writing stand alone applications.
• Fiona - Reads and writes spatial data files
• Rasterio - Reads and writes geospatial raster datasets
• Shapely - Manipulation and analysis of geometric objects in the Cartesian plane.
• Coorblimey - For converting between geocentric and geographic coordinates.
• Bokeh - For creating interactive visualisations for web browsers.

Icons

• Stateface - US states as an icon font.