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Google Fusion Tables

GOOGLE FUSION TABLES Although not a data quality tool itself, some of its features can make data quality assessment easier. For instance, it allows easy map (or charts) creation from tabular data, easy hosting / online sharing, geocoding locations, etc.

Diva GIS

Diva GIS Simple but very useful GIS freeware that allows biodiversity scientists to get a good view on the spatial aspects of their data. Oriented towards environmental issues and modeling, relatively easy to use which provides advanced features in those topics. For Windows only -it seems possible to use it on Mac with wine/winebottler. Free […]

QUANTUM GIS

QUANTUM GIS Interesting alternative to Diva GIS, although it is less oriented to biology. Open source that runs on Linux, Unix, and Mac OSX. Fast development with interesting extensible plugin systems. QuantumGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats.