Data Distribution: GIS Software & Viewers

Currently, the REGIS Agency distributes is digital spatial data in only the ArcView Shapefile format for all vector-based spatial data or TIFF (Tagged-Image File Format) for Digital Orthophotography. At this time, these are the only formats the REGIS Agency can supply. For users of REGIS digital spatial data who do not have access to ESRI's ArcView software, we offer the following sources for GIS viewers and data conversion utilities.

Please Note: The links below will lead you off the REGIS website. The REGIS Agency is not responsible for the content found at any of these links. If you do find a dead link, though, please report it to the REGIS Webmaster so it can be repaired.

GIS Data Viewers (Free)
ArcExplorer 2.0 (Windows Edition) [Manual]	ArcExplorer is a lightweight GIS data viewer developed by ESRI. This freely available software offers an easy way to perform basic GIS functions. ArcExplorer is used for a variety of display, query, and data retrieval applications and supports a wide variety of standard data sources. more...
ArcExplorer 4.0 (Java Edition)	ArcExplorer 4 is the Java version of the traditional ArcExplorer (above), which offers cross-platform support for Windows, MacOS, UNIX, and Linux. more...
ArcView 1.0	ESRI's ArcView Version 1 GIS Desktop Software. (Download courtesy of the GeoCommunity.)
CartoMAP	CartoMAP Viewer is a free map viewing Windows-comaptible software, designed for ease of use. more... (Download courtesy of the GeoCommunity.)
TatukGIS Viewer	This viewer may be used to open/read files in the following formats: Raster image: TIFF/GeoTIFF, ECW, MrSID, BMP, SPOT, JPEG, PNG, CADRG, Grid/DTM ( ASCII GRID, FLOAT GRID, BT, DTED, ADF ), TatukGIS PixelStore Vector: SHP, E00, MIF/MID, TAB, DXF, DGN, TIGER, DLG, SDTS, GML, GDF, OpenGIS SQL layers Georeferenced Images: GeoTIFF, World File, and TAB based Open most ESRI ArcView or MapInfo Professional projects as well as TatukGIS project files.
Free GIS Downloads from GISCafe	Free vector map viewing programs and fully functional vector based GIS software.

GIS Data Conversion Utilities
Arcv2CAD	Arcv2CAD converts ArcView Shapefiles to AutoCAD DXF and DWG formats allowing shapefiles to be read by virtually all CAD software. (Download courtesy of the GeoCommunity.)
CADTools	A number of tools to aid in working with CAD files in ArcView. These include: a utility to make a theme for each layer or level, an interactive world file creation tool, a tool to convert annotation to points, and tools to associate text and attributes with their bounding CAD polygons. (Download courtesy of the GeoCommunity.)
More CADTools	More CAD Translation Resources for translating CAD data into ArcView. (Download courtesy of the GeoCommunity.)
SHP to Mapinfo	MBX to convert Shape files to Mapinfo. (Download courtesy of the GeoCommunity.)

Additional Resources
GeoCommunity	"The GeoCommunity is THE place for the Geographic Information Systems (GIS), CAD, Mapping, and Location-Based industry professionals, enthusiasts, and students to gather."
GeoCommunity - Translators	"We realize that a considerable amount of your time is spent reformatting data or searching for tools that will make it easier for you to import and/or export geospatial data from one data format to another. We have put together a collection of data translation tools for you."
GISCafe	A central gathering point for GIS, Mapping and CAD resources.
GISCafe - Translators	DLG, DOQ, SDTS, SHP, MIF and more!

If you have any links to GIS Viewers, GIS Data Conversion Utilities or other applications which may be of interest, please feel free to send them to the REGIS Webmaster.