Help us make THE list of desktop GIS packages
In a couple of weeks we are going to do an episode where we discuss what we think is important in a desktop GIS package and discuss many of the desktop GIS packages that are currently available. This is going to be the first monthly install of a multi-part series. Later we will focus on web mapping, remote sensing packages, object-oriented systems, developement options, etc, but this time we are focusing on stand-alone desktop GIS packages.
If you would like to help, please check out the list of commercial and open source desktop GIS solutions I have started. If you know of a software not on the list yet or if you have experience using some of the less mainstream packages please leave a comment at the bottom of the list page. We hope to discuss this on Feb 4, so please leave comments by then.
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Here’s a few more in the open source realm:
OpenJUMP – http://openjump.org/wiki/show/HomePage
Excellent vector data editing and visualization
Saga – http://www.saga-gis.uni-goettingen.de/html/index.php
Solid collectino of data analysis and modelling modules
OpenEV – http://openev.sourceforge.net/ OR http://fwtools.maptools.org/
Raster visualization
OpenMap – http://openmap.bbn.com/
Nice Interface. lots of built in data
JGrass – http://www.hydrologis.com/html/jgrass/jgrass_en.html
Hydrology toolkit
OSSIM Imagelinker – http://www.ossim.org/tiki-index.php
Remote sensing data processing
Thuban – http://thuban.intevation.org/
General data visualization
You have included Caliper’s TransCAD in the list but not Maptitude, our more general-purpose GIS product.
Hey you guys.
Please don’t forget to include in your list tow gis desktop focused on raster analysis. Those are Ilwis from the ITC in the Netherlands and Idrisi fro USA.
Thank and I am looking forward to listen to your new episode.
Information can be found on the Maptitude mapping software at http://www.caliper.com.
Mapwindow – http://www.mapwindow.org/
for opensource, go to
http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm
I gotta suport OpenJUMP, I’ve had some success with that, great to edit with