How can I open a vector data file if I dont have a GIS software?
There are some links to free viewers. However, GeoBase does not endorse nor provide any kind of support for any of these viewers. • ArcExplorer distributed by ESRI: http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/explorer.html • Geomatica 9 FreeView provided by PCI Geomatics: http://www.pcigeomatics.com/products/freeview.html • Map Maker Gratis provided by Map Maker: http://www.mapmaker.com • JUMP distributed by The JUMP Project: http://jump-project.org/project.php?PID=JUMP&SID=OVER • Google Earth provided by Google: http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html • Quantum GIS: http://www.qgis.org • Udig: http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Home • gv_sig: http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig&L=2 You will find a list of free viewers at the following address: http://www.freegis.org. GIS softwares open source list identified by OSGeo Foundation: http://www.osgeo.org/home”>http://www.osgeo.org/home. Exhaustive list of GIS softwares: http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/software.html.