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AutoREALM

The purpose is for gaming but the uses of this program can benifit all sorts of people.

"a free Fantasy Role-Playing mapper software and a new GNU Community of Role-Playing Gamers. AutoREALM is a Free GNU mapping software (a "cartographer") that can design maps of castles, cities, dungeons and more. AutoREALM is generally used by Role-playing Game practicants who enjoy doing their own maps. But it could fits the needs of other people." 

URL: 
http://autorealm.sourceforge.net/index.php

ESRI's Free Explorer Application

ESRI has two free and quasi-light weight programs for the download. One is an server application for the exploration and viewing of 2D and 3D programs, the other is a viewer application.

URL: 
http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/explorer.html

GeoNetwork

Another OSGeo project. GeoNetwork lets organization share and use open source geospatial data using the internet.

URL: 
http://geonetwork-opensource.org/

HOWTO: Quick and Dirty Google Maps

Submitted by lily on Mon, 2009-07-20 17:57

The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) has long since been a hero to me: the dedication, the participatory politics and the clear and open campaigns that are respectfully fought. It seems only fitting to use their fabulous community resource map - created in conjunction with the Open Youth Network - as an example for this article. First, take a look at what it has going for itself:

US state cartogram/choropleth generator

From Texas A&M University - select a template, assign different states to different colors, then get a dynamically-generated map of the US with color-coded states. Apparently you can have up to six different color/group/cohorts of states.

URL: 
http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/us.htm