MapWindow GIS (www.mapwindow.org) is a free GIS that you can use without needing to have ArcView or ArcGIS. Once you've added the MMP Tools plug-in to MapWindow, you can follow the instructions below ...

These notes describe how to design field research plots using MapWindow GIS and the MMP Tools plugin for MapWindow. They assume that you already know how to do the following things - if you don't, ...