Comparison of GIS software
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This is a comparison of notable GIS software.
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[edit] License, Source, & Operating system support
| GIS software | Free | OpenSource | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | Web |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCUGLOBE home | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Autodesk | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| CARIS | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chameleon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AMP |
| Leica ERDAS IMAGINE | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| ESRI | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| GeoNetwork | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Yes |
| GeoServer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java |
| GeoTools | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No |
| GGP GIS home | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| GRASS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | via pyWPS |
| gvSIG | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No |
| ClarkLabs IDRISI | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| ILOG JViews Maps [1] | Viewer(s) | No | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java & DHTML/Ajax |
| ITC ILWIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Intergraph [2] | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | CLIX | Yes |
| (Vivid)OpenJUMP GIS | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No |
| Kosmo Saig KOSMO | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No |
| LandSerf | Yes | No | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No |
| Manifold System | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Pitney Bowes MapInfo | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| UMN MapServer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AMP |
| Caliper Maptitude | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| MapWindow GIS | Yes | Yes | Yes (ActiveX) | No | No | No | No | No |
| ThinkGeo Map Suite | Trial | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| My World GIS home | Trial | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Oracle Spatial | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Orbit GIS home | Serve & Explore | No | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Flash & AJAX & Javascript |
| Panorama | No | No | "GIS Map 2005" | No | "GIS Panorama" | No | No | No |
| PostGIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quantum GIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smallworld | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| SPRING | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Solaris | No |
| STAR-APIC home | FME Trial | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TatukGIS home | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? |
| Caliper TransCAD | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| TerraLib TerraView | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| MicroImages TNTmips | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Caliper TransModeler | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| uDIG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| AvisMap GIS Engine home | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | DHTML |
| GIS software | Free | OpenSource | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | Web |
[edit] Pure Server
[edit] Map Servers
| Name | Language | WMS | WFS | WFS-T | WCS | WMC | SLD | FES | Other |
| 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 |
[edit] Map Caches
| Name | Language | WMS-C | Other |
| TileCache | Python | Yes |
[edit] Mixed
| Name | Language | WMS | WFS | WFS-T | WCS | WMC | Other |
| 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. |
[edit] Catalog Servers
| Name | As a server | As a client | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
[edit] Pure Client
[edit] Libraries
| Name | Language | WMS | WFS | GeoRSS | Other |
| 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. |
[edit] Apps
| Name | Language | WMS | WFS | GeoRSS | Other |
| Mscross | Javascript | Yes | Yes | No | an AJAX Web GIS client |
| WorldKit | Flash | No | No | Yes |
