[UFO Chicago] Using mapping software for graphical uses?

[Nate Riffe]

Brian Sobolak said this (probably recently):
> 
> Has anyone come across or used a software product they could recommend for
> integrating data with maps?  What I'd like to display are things like
> "Sales By Region" or a heat map of customers by region, etc.?
> 
> It doesn't have to be free (beer || source), but it does have to be able
> to do something like the following:
> 
>   -- display a different color for each state based on, say, sales info
>   -- ability to plot points when fed coordinates or addresses
>   -- work internationally and domestically
>   -- work on a client machine as opposed to a website.
> 
> I've seen that Google Earth will do some of what I'm looking for if I buy
> the professional version for $400.  Microsoft MapPoint might too for $300.
>  But are there any alternatives?

[inkblot at dorothy:~]$ apt-cache search grass
gpx2shp - convert GPS or GPX file to ESRI Shape file
grass - Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
grass-doc - Geographic Resources Analysis Support System documentation
libgrass - GRASS GIS development libraries
libgrass-dev - GRASS GIS library development files

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