This is a list of notable GIS software applications. See also the comparison of GIS software.
Open source software
Most widely used open source applications:
- GRASS – Originally developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, open source: a complete GIS
- MapServer – Web-based mapping server, developed by the University of Minnesota.
Other open source GIS applications:
- Chameleon – Environments for building applications with MapServer.
- GeoNetwork opensource – A catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources
- GeoTools – Open source GIS toolkit written in Java, using Open Geospatial Consortium specifications.
- gvSIG – Open source GIS written in Java.
- ILWIS – ILWIS (Integrated Land and Water Information System) integrates image, vector and thematic data.
- JUMP GIS – Java Unified Mapping Platform. (See end of page for JUMP derivative projects, like Kosmo and OpenJUMP)
- MapWindow GIS – Free, open source GIS desktop application and programming component.
- MapGuide Open Source – Web-based mapping server.
- OpenLayers – open source AJAX library for accessing geographic data layers of all kinds, originally developed and sponsored by MetaCarta
- PostGIS – Spatial extensions for the open source PostgreSQL database, allowing geospatial queries.
- Quantum GIS – QGIS is a user friendly Open Source GIS that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows.
- TerraView – GIS desktop that handles vector and raster data stored in a relational or geo-relational database.
- uDig
- Xastir A special purpose Open Source GIS application used as an APRS client by Amateur radio operators, written in C for X Window environments.
[Notable commercial or proprietary GIS software
Most widely used notable proprietary software applications and providers:
- Autodesk – Products include MapGuide and other products that interface with its flagship AutoCAD software package.
- Cadcorp – Developers of GIS software and OpenGIS standard (e.g. Read/Write Open Source PostGIS database).
- Intergraph – Products include GeoMedia, GeoMedia Profesional, GeoMedia WebMap, and add-on products for industry sectors, as well as photogrammetry.
- ERDAS IMAGINE – A proprietary GIS, Remote Sensing, and Photogrammetry software developed by Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging.
- ESRI – Products include ArcView 3.x, ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcIMS, and ArcWeb services.
- SuperGeo – "A leading GIS software company Taiwan based". Products include SuperGIS Desktop & extensions, SuperPad Suite, SuperWebGIS & extensions, SuperGIS Engine & extensions, SuperGIS Network Server and GIS services.
- SuperMap GIS – "Made in China" GIS Platfrom. Products include SuperMap iServer .NET/Java, SuperMap Deskpro, SuperMap Objects, SuperMap Express, SuperMap IS .NET, eSuperMap, SuperNavigation Engine, FieldMapper and services.
- Zondy Syber – The biggest GIS Software Group in China, locating in Wuhan, Central China, which has more than 600 software developers. Its flagship MapGIS, the best performed China GIS Platform, has already won nine years in row the Annual Chinese National GIS System Evaluations held by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Tech every year. And the lasted version of MapGIS, "MapGIS 7.0" has been exhibited in 2007 the 11th China International Software Expo, held in the Beijing Exhibition Hall. Products include MapGIS, MapSUV and etc.
- IDRISI – Proprietary GIS product developed by Clark Labs.
- MapInfo – Products include MapInfo Professional and MapXtreme. integrates GIS software, data and services.
- MapPoint – Proprietary GIS product developed by Microsoft.
- Caliper – Products include Maptitude, TransCAD and TransModeler. Develops GIS and the only GIS for transportation.
- Pictometry – Proprietary software which allows oblique images to be draped with shapefiles. Many gov't applications (fire, 911, police, assessor) as well as commercial.
- Black Coral Inc — a leading edge product company developing geospatial collaboration capabilities that enable better outcomes for personnel and tactical teams operating in emergency response and military environments.
- STAR-APIC – european GIS developer, offers GIS products (WinSTAR, STAR GIS), spatial data servers (STAR Server, STAR NeXt, GEOSPatial Hub), GIS-based business solutions (AquaSTAR, STAR ELEC, PipeGuardian, e.t.c.).
Other notable proprietary software applications and providers:
- Avenza Systems - Products such as MAPublisher and Geographic Imager that allow seamless integration of GIS data into Adobe Create Suite applications workflow
- Global Mapper - The swiss army knife of GIS. Recognizes the most, if not all, file extension types.
- CARIS (Computer Aided Resource Information System) – GIS systems for hydrography and cadastral systems.
- DeLorme – Producer XMap and other GIS tools, data, and GPS hardware.
- GMS – Three-dimensional environment for building geologic and groundwater models
- GRAM++ GIS – Low-cost GIS software product developed by CSRE, IIT Bombay.
- Manifold System – Low-cost GIS software package.
- Oracle Spatial – Product allows users to perform basic geographic operations and store common spatial data types in a native Oracle environment.
- Orbit GIS Generic and multi-purpose GIS toolkit, written using 100% Java.
- Safe Software – Spatial ETL products including FME, SpatialDirect and the ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension.
- Smallworld – developed in Cambridge, England (Smallworld, Inc.) and purchased by General Electric and used primarily by public utilities.
- TatukGIS – Products include a GIS development toolkit, Internet Map Server, GIS Editor, free GIS Viewer, Aerial Imagery Corrector.
- Axpand – Proprietary GIS cartography product developed by Axes Systems. Modules include data import/export, automatic generalization, visualization and on-screen editing, pre-print configuration.
Other GIS software
- AccuGlobe – Fully functional GIS and geoanalysis software platform for Windows developed by DDTI (ddti.net) and available free of charge, but not open source.
- CrossView for ArcGIS – created by A-Prime Software, CrossView is a wizard-based ArcGIS plug-in, which enables map cross-sectioning and profile creation.
- GeoBase – Geospatial platform developed by Telogis. A particular focus is placed on real-time processing for reverse-geocoding, geofencing, etc.
- Global Mapper
- GGP GIS – created by GGP Systems Ltd, GGP GIS is a GIS application used mainly by UK local authorities.
- GeoAgro GIS – created by GeoAgro, GeoAgro GIS is a GIS specialized for agriculture and environmental applications.
- ILOG JViews Maps, Java library for map display with overlays as symbols and diagrams.
- LandSerf – Free GIS written in Java. Source available but not strictly open source.
- My World GIS – Intuitive low-cost GIS platform for Windows and Mac OSX with robust/intuitive geoprocessing tools, developed for educational market by Northwestern University (non-educational license available).
- Panorama – Russian GIS for military uses.
- SPRING – GIS software developed at INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais and available free of charge.
- TC Technology – GO! Sync Mapbook, A Mobile GIS mapping application built on ArcGIS Engine. Redlining, Inspections, GPS, Tracing functionality. Eliminates paper maps for field personnel.
- TerraLib – GIS class and functions library, available from the Internet as open source, allowing a collaborative environment and its use for the development of multiple GIS tools.
- TNTmips – Geospatial analysis system providing a GIS, RDBMS, and automated image processing system with CAD, TIN, surface modeling, and data publishing tools.
- SavGIS – Free and complete GIS software available in French, English and Spanish, developed since 1984 by the Development Research French Institute (IRD)
- Tilcon GIS Maps – Tilcon - an embedded graphical user interface company produces a GIS application development module.
- Scenome – Software for building geo-referenced terrain databases from industry standard GIS formats such as DEM and GEOTIFF.
- GDAL – Geo-Data Abstraction Library. Popular open-source product for managing GIS data.
- PROJ4 – Popular, open-source product for converting GIS data between projections.
- MapTools – Suite of open-source GIS products and platforms.
- Spatial Communication – Spatcom (Spatial Communication) is a Free and Share GIS Software with Digital Map Data Made in Indonesia.
- OpenStreetMap – Online map viewer, with map editing capability.
- Elshayal Smart GIS) – The First Arabian GIS Software
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