GIS #
A GIS is just a database for geographical data, usually with some UI for displaying, analysing and creating such data.
QGIS #
QGIS is an open source GUI GIS.
Links and resources #
- A nice tutorial for a very first use of QGIS, exporting a simple map and creating an inset.
Python #
Can you “do GIS” in Python? Maybe all these maps can just be built using Python scripts and geo libraries?