About GIS Software

Geographic Information Systems

Are you new to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)? This powerful and versatile software technology is the basis of many Placeways products. GIS people don't like to call it "computerized maps, but that's a start. GIS technology stores, manages, and presents information about the world, organized on the basis of geography. Learn all about it from the leader in the field, ESRI, by visiting their website.

CommunityViz® and its components, Scenario 360 and Scenario 3D, work as extensions to ESRI's ArcGIS platform. You must own the appropriate version of ArcGIS before you can use CommunityViz software. If you don't have ArcGIS already, look at our system requirements first to find out which particular product you need, then find out how to buy by visiting ESRI.