GenoSIS: Spatial Genomics

GenoSIS is the application of the concepts, methodologies, and tools of geographic and spatial information science to the modeling and interpretation of genome data. Our data model reflects the natural and intuitive thought patterns of the biologist and incorporates spatial information in a way that is natural and intuitive to a spatial data analyst. Our implementation of “spatial genomics” supports a representation of genome features that is dynamic, expressive and extensible.

For information on GenoSIS:
Genomes as geography: using GIS technology to build interactive genome feature maps
GenoSIS: Genome Data Interpretation Using GIS

A map based on mouse chromosomes can be viewed in Windows, Linux and Solaris systems using ArcReader (free download here)
Right-click and "save link as" for zipped map and datasets to be used with ArcReader.

An OpenSource version of GenoSIS will be available soon.

The GenoSIS project was developed as a collaboration of The Jackson Laboratory and the NCGIA at the University of Maine.