Free Open Source items for possible #SMEM use

These are all open source websites (Free).

MAPPING

http://www.osgeo.org/  This is a free GIS mapping system.

http://www.esri.com/software/mapping-for-everyone This is a free GIS mapping system.

http://www.schoolcopsoftware.com/ This program allows you to map the inside of a building. (Great for setting up a tactical plan for an active shooter inside a school or church.)

http://www.zeemaps.com/  This is a simpler version of the top two crime maps.

http://www.bairsoftware.com/raidsonline/ Also a simpler version of the top two crime maps.

TRAINING

http://www.courselab.com/  Allows you to make your own quizzes for training purposes.

http://www.myicourse.com  Also a website that allows you to make quizzes and track an officer’s progress.

SCREEN CASTS

http://screenr.com/  Allows you to make a screen cast video that shows everything that you are doing on the computer. (Great for people who do not remember how to do things on the computer.)

http://www.screentoaster.com/  Similar to screenr.

ONLINE EDUCATION

http://free-ed.net Allows you to take online college courses for free.

http://www.mctft.com/ The multijurisdictional counter drug task force offers free law enforcement training online.

http://training.fema.gov/is/  FEMA offers multiple high level classes.

http://www.dna.gov/training/# Free CSI courses.

https://fbiva.fbiacademy.edu Free courses through the FBI

PHOTO EDITING

http://www.gimp.org/ Free photo editor

http://aviary.com Free photo editor

http://picasa.google.com/ Free photo editor

SOUND EDITING

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Allows you to edit audio files to better hear background noises

http://aviary.com Similar to the above.