Geosciences

CSC provides comprehensive services for doing research with spatial data - finding, downloading, analyzing and publishing data. We also offer training and expert support to help researchers succeed.

Data

• Paituli download service, includes a lot of Finnish spatial data for academic use.
• Spatial data in CSC computing environment: Puhti and Allas
• List of open GIS data from Finland and internationally

Tools

• Geocomputing, CSC computing resources for spatial data analysis
• ArcGIS for Finnish universities
• GIS tools in CSC Puhti supercomputer
• 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
• GIS learning materials, including CSC GIS courses and webinars

Contact

CSC has two mailing lists for GIS users. You are welcome to join!

• gis mailing list for notifications about Paituli, GIS-courses and events, and other general topics, mainly targeted for universities.
• gis-hpc mailing list for geocomputing in HPC.