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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Desktop GIS roll call
Commercial (w-Windows, m-MacOS, l-Linux, u-Unix)

• ESRI ArcGIS Desktop (w) – ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo, ArcGIS Extensions
• Intergraph GeoMedia (w) – GeoMedia, GeoMedia Professional, Grid, …
• MapInfo (w) – MapInfo Professional
• MicroImages TNT Suite (w,m,l,u) – TNTmips, TNTedit, TNTview, TNTlite (free)
• Manifold (w) – Manifold Professional, Manifold Business Tools, Manifold Surface Tools
• Surfer & MapViewer -
• Delorme X-Map (w) -
• MFWorks -
• MapGrafix and GeoInsight -
• TransCAD -
• MetaMapGIS -
• AccuGlobe -
• SIGIS -
• TatukGIS -
• AltaMap -
• GeoMania – Korean developed GIS Package
• MyWorldGIS – Education focused GIS Package
• PocketGIS - WindowsCE based GIS
• Jshape -
• StemGIS

OpenSource

• GRASS (l,m,u,w)- Originally created by the US Army Corps of Engineers then picked up as an open source project
• Quantum GIS (w,m,l,u) -
• uDig (w,l,m) -