Comparison of GIS software
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This is a comparison of notable GIS software.
Contents
License, Source, & Operating system support
GIS software | Free (Gratis) | OpenSource | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | Web | Other |
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Elshayal Smart | Map Maker | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ACCUGLOBE home | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Autodesk | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Boeing SQS | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Google Earth Plug-in |
Cadcorp | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
CAPAWARE | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
CARIS | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Chameleon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AMP | No |
Leica ERDAS IMAGINE/APOLLO | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
ESRI | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
GeoBase | Trial | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Geomajas | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Yes | No |
GeoNetwork | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Yes | No |
Geoportal Server | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Yes | Yes |
GeoServer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java | No |
GeoTools | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No | No |
GGP GIS home | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
GRASS GIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | via pyWPS | No |
gvSIG | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No | No |
ClarkLabs IDRISI | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ILOG JViews Maps | Viewer(s) | No | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java & DHTML/Ajax | No |
ITC ILWIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Intergraph [1] | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | CLIX | Yes | No |
(Vivid)OpenJUMP GIS | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No | No |
Kosmo Saig KOSMO | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No | No |
LandSerf | Yes | No | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No | No |
Manifold System | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Pitney Bowes MapInfo | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
UMN MapServer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AMP | No |
Caliper Maptitude | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
MapWindow GIS | Yes | Yes | Yes (ActiveX) | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ThinkGeo Map Suite | Trial | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
My World GIS home | Trial | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Oracle Spatial | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Orbit GIS home | Serve & Explore | No | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Flash & AJAX & Javascript | No |
Panorama | Map View | Yes | GIS Map 2011 | No | GIS Map Linux | GIS ToolKit | Yes | GIS WebServerSE | Yes |
PostGIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
pycsw | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Quantum GIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Smallworld | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No |
SPRING | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Solaris | No | No |
STAR-APIC home | FME Trial | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
TatukGIS home | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Caliper TransCAD | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
TerraLib TerraView | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
MicroImages TNTmips | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Caliper TransModeler | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
uDIG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
AvisMap GIS Engine home | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | DHTML | No |
SlimGIS Map Kit | Free Trial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | iOS |
GIS software | Free | OpenSource | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | Web | Other |
Pure Server
Map Servers
Name | Language | WMS | WFS | WFS-T | WCS | WMC | SLD | FES | Other |
ArcGIS Server | .NET/Java | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | SOAP, REST, KML | |
MapServer | C | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
GeoServer | Java | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Basic-wms2.py | Python | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Intended as demonstration only |
Manifold System | ASP C# | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | client and server |
Map Caches
Name | Language | WMS-C | Other |
ArcGIS Server | .NET/Java | No | |
TileCache | Python | Yes |
Mixed
Name | Language | WMS | WFS | WFS-T | WCS | WMC | Other |
Geomajas | AJAX or JAVA | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Full vectorial editing capabilities, support for complex relation models (1 to n, n to 1, inheritance) through Hibernate Spatial, printing functionality through iT3xt and OpenStreetMap compatibility. |
Mapbender | PHP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | A Geo-CMS that provides interfaces for displaying, navigating, querying, and editing WMS, WFS, WFS-T, and WMC data sources. |
Mapbuilder | PHP or Java | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Set of javascript widgets that provide interfaces for displaying, navigating, querying, and editing WMS, WFS, WFS-T, and WMC data sources. Uses OpenLayers as the rendering engine. Provides server-side script for saving the map as a WMC document. |
Catalog Servers
Name | As a server | As a client | ||||||||||||||
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Z39.50 | CSW 2.0 | OAI-MPH | OpenSearch | OpenSearch GEO | RSS | GeoRSS | WebDav | Z39.50 | CSW 2.0 | OAI-MPH | OpenSearch | OpenSearch GEO | RSS | GeoRSS | WebDav | |
GeoNetwork | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Geoportal Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
pycsw | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Pure Web Client
Libraries
Name | Language | WMS | WFS | GeoRSS | Other |
ArcGIS Server APIs | Javascript, Flex, Silverlight, .NET, Java | Yes | No | Yes | JavaScript API accessible online. |
WMS-Map | Javascript | Yes | No | No | allow the creation of dynamic maps including simple zoom functionality and clickable googlemap-like overlays. |
OpenLayers | Javascript | Yes | Yes | Yes | support for navigation, icons, markers, and layer selection. |
QuickWMS | Javascript | Yes | No | Yes | |
CivicMaps Tile Engine | Javascript | Yes | No | No | drag and zoom. Intended for integration with Drupal. |
Apps
Name | Language | WMS | WFS | GeoRSS | Other |
Mscross | Javascript | Yes | Yes | No | an AJAX Web GIS client |
WorldKit | Flash | No | No | Yes |
See also
References
- An Overview of Free & Open Source Desktop GIS (FOS-GIS) - GIS software comparison (2008)
- A Survey of Open Source GIS - GIS software comparison (2007)