Communities throughout the state of New Hampshire desperately need GIS to improve community planning and natural resource management, but most balk at the high price of commercial software products. While ~10 towns in the state have full-time GIS staff, the 200+ other towns have little or no mapping capabilities in house. A capable, no-cost GIS software package is one of the only ways in which GIS has a chance to take root in these communities. Most towns in New Hampshire are unaware that free / open source GIS options exist.
