Geosciences

Available resources:

Data

• PaITuli download service, includes a lot of Finnish data for educational use.
• Open Street Map web services: WMS, WFS, WMTS and TMS in ERTS-TM35FIN coordinate system.
• GIS data in Taito
• List of open GIS data available internationally.

 

Software

• MapInfo and ArcGIS software.
• List of software for Earth Sciences available at CSC, except of MapInfo and Arcgis these are available on Taito.
• List of recommended open source GIS software.
• Elmer, open source multiphysical simulation software mainly developed by CSC.
• Elmer/Ice, open source add-on to Elmer for ice-sheet and glacier simulations

 

Know-how and news

• CSC computing resources for spatial analysis
• GIS@CSC newsletter and e-mail list.
• List of guidelines for spatial data users.

 

Contact

• GIS data and software: giscoord at csc.fi, 050 38 12 838
• Elmer(/Ice): Thomas Zwinger, thomas.zwinger at csc.fi.