At GeoPlan Center we are trying to make an effort to show people what their GIS software choices are. This page will list any GIS software information we come across. We use quite a number of them at GeoPlan, but we're interested in discovering what else is out there. If you know of any that aren't listed here, please write and tell us about them. (e-mail us)
- We tried to list only the general-use GIS software here. There are lots of GIS software that are made for certain professions, such as hydrologic scientists, petroleum industry specialists, etc. that aren't listed here.
- Note that most of the software descriptions were written by the Software Makers/Distributors.
- You may be able to get some of this software for less than indicated by the prices listed here. In all cases we listed the commercial price, not the educational/student, or similar discounted prices.
| Software |
Software Maker/Distributor |
Description |
| ArcCad |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, NT)
“ESRI's ArcCAD software gives you full geographic information system (GIS) functionality within AutoCAD. ArcCAD provides powerful mapping, data management, and display tools that work directly with AutoCAD software's design and drafting tools. ArcCAD users can create, access, and exchange ARC/INFO data, the de facto standard for local, state, and national GIS installations.”
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| ArcExplorer |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“ArcExplorer software is a lightweight GIS data explorer. ArcExplorer can work on its own with local data sets or as a client to Internet data and map servers. ArcExplorer is built using MapObjects, ESRI's powerful collection of GIS and mapping components for application developers. As a stand-alone application, ArcExplorer is a complete data explorer, allowing users to display and query a wide variety of standard data sources.”
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| ArcFM |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (NT)
“Arc Facilities Manager (ArcFM) is a powerful ARC/INFO-based application for the editing, maintenance, modeling, and data management of utility information. ArcFM is all-relational utility application software developed using ARC/INFO software's Open Development Environment and object-oriented programming.”
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| Arc/Info |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Most Unix platforms, Windows (NT)
“Professional GIS offers advanced modeling and analysis capabilities”
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| ArcView Business Analyst |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (3.51, 95, 98, NT)
“ArcView Business Analyst allows you to focus on getting the data analysis you need, rather than worrying about the details of the underlying technology. A wizard interface assists you with tasks ranging from basic, such as mapping customers, to complex, such as performing analyses or creating what-if scenarios.”
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| ArcView GIS |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Most Unix platforms, Windows (95, 98, NT)
“The leading mapping and GIS software for the desktop.”
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| Atlas GIS |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, 98, NT)
“Business professionals worldwide rely on Atlas GIS to help them make decisions that improve the efficiency and profitability of their organizations. Atlas GIS is both powerful enough to perform sophisticated desktop mapping and intuitive enough that nontechnical professionals feel comfortable using it.”
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| AutoCAD Map 2000 |
Autodesk www.autodesk.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, 98, NT)
“AutoCAD Map® 2000 is the Autodesk® software optimized for precision mapping and geographic information system (GIS) analysis in the AutoCAD® environment. It provides the GIS analysis tools and productivity improvements you need to easily create, maintain, and produce maps and geographic information.”
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| Autodesk MapGuide |
Autodesk www.autodesk.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, NT)
“Autodesk MapGuide software delivers live maps and linked databases directly to your desktop, via your intranet or the Internet - anytime, anywhere.”
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Autodesk MapGuide Viewer (A PC and a Java Edition) |
Autodesk www.autodesk.com |
PLATFORM : Macintosh, Sun Solaris, Windows PC
“Works with your web browser and sites running Autodesk MapGuide”
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| Autodesk World |
Autodesk www.autodesk.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“Autodesk World 2.01 is a powerful Microsoft desktop application to
integrate, analyze and display spatial data. With Autodesk World we are bringing GIS technology down to earth. It is a flexible, powerful spatial data information system that allows users to manage their data, their way. Autodesk World has an industry-standard interface that removes the complexity of GIS, while providing robust functionality.”
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| BusinessMAP PRO |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (3.1x, 95, NT)
“BusinessMAP PRO is an affordable mapping application that transforms information from databases, contact managers, spreadsheets, and electronic phone books to pushpin and color-filled maps. It will turn static data into meaningful images to help you understand your business better and help with sales automation and mission-critical decision making processes.”
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| Cartalinx |
Clark Labs, Clark University www.clarklabs.org |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, 98, NT)
Clark Labs' “first dedicated digitizing, database development and topological editing software product. CartaLinx is intended as a companion to a variety of popular Geographic Information System (GIS) and Desktop Mapping software products such as IDRISI, Arc/Info, ArcView, MapInfo, and so on.
CartaLinx is used to create coverages, consisting of the spatial definitions of features in vector format and associated attribute values files. These data are then typically exported to a GIS either as entire coverages or as a series of map layers. For example, CartaLinx might be used to develop a spatial frame of property parcel boundaries along with an attribute database recording the address, owner, area, property valuation, area and primary land use of each parcel. One might then choose to export land use and property valuation map layers to a GIS. Alternatively, one might wish to display and analyze the contents of a coverage using CartaLinx directly.” |
| Data Automation Kit |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (3.x, 95, NT)
“This software package perfectly complements ArcView GIS software and other desktop mapping software by allowing you to create fully intelligent (topological) data sets by digitizing or converting data from many formats, with functionality that previously existed only in a full ARC/INFO system.”
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| Didger |
Golden Software www.golden.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (3.51, 95, 98, NT)
“Didger is a highly accurate digitizing program that will be an invaluable addition to your software library. In seconds, Didger precisely transforms points, lines, or areas from your paper maps, graphs, aerial photos, or other plotted information to a versatile digital format you can use with your other software. You name it and Didger can handle it quickly, accurately, and usefully. And don't be fooled by the low $119 price. With Didger's multitude of features and ease-of-use, this is an unbelievable value considering the time and effort savings you will realize! You will soon wonder how you have done your job without this indispensible tool.”
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| DLGV32 |
USGS DLGv32 Page |
PLATFORM : Windows 95/NT
“Windows 95/NT software for viewing a variety of digital cartographic data. It was originally developed in support of USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG) production activities. This software allows preview and evaluation of USGS data. It contains no editing capabilities, and is not a substitute for commercial Geographic Information System (GIS) software.”
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| EPPL7 |
Minnesota Planning EPPL7 Page |
PLATFORM : Windows 95
“EPPL7 is a fast but powerful raster based GIS with a well stocked toolbox. EPPL performs a variety of complex map algebra functions as well as Boolean operations. There are powerful filtering algorithms in EPPL7 as well as commands which perform interpolation, viewshed, slope, and aspect analysis. Users can view, query, and print data.”
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| ERDAS IMAGINE Advantage |
ERDAS www.erdas.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, NT), Most Unix platforms
A subset of ERDAS IMAGINE Professional“Analyze data from your imagery via image mosaicking, surface interpolation, and advanced image interpretation and orthorectification tools.” |
| ERDAS IMAGINE Essentials |
ERDAS www.erdas.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, NT), Most Unix platforms
A subset of ERDAS IMAGINE Advantage and ERDAS IMAGINE Professional“Our basic map production system enables you to produce quality maps through image visualization and analysis, information integration and geocorrection.” |
| ERDAS IMAGINE Professional |
ERDAS www.erdas.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, NT), Most Unix platforms
“Quick image testing and modeling allows you to automatically and quickly generate broad land cover maps. Perform graphical spatial data modeling and integrate radar imagery. ”
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| ERDAS MapSheets |
ERDAS www.erdas.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“All that work you put into gathering and analyzing geographic data... without a quick and simple way to visually present the information to your boss, your client or your prospective customer.
Because it's fully Microsoft Office Compatible, MapSheets gives you the same look and feel of other Microsoft applications, as well as the power to create a convincing PowerPoint presentation, an effective Word report or a compelling Web page.” |
| ERDAS MapSheets Express |
ERDAS www.erdas.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“All that work you put into gathering and analyzing geographic data... without a quick and simple way to visually present the information to your boss, your client or your prospective customer.
Because it's fully Microsoft Office Compatible, MapSheets gives you the same look and feel of other Microsoft applications, as well as the power to create a convincing PowerPoint presentation, an effective Word report or a compelling Web page.” |
| ER Mapper |
Earth Resource Mapping www.ermapper.com |
PLATFORM : Windows, Unix
“Used in more than 142 countries world wide and supported by 514 ER Mapper resellers around the globe, ER Mapper is the world's most popular desktop integrated image processing software.”
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| ER Viewer |
Earth Resource Mapping www.ermapper.com |
PLATFORM : Windows, Unix
“ER Viewer is an easy to use image viewer featuring interactive roaming and zooming with very large image files. ”
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| Geographic Calculator |
Blue Marble Geographics www.bluemarblegeo.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“The Geographic Calculator converts individual coordinates, point databases, and map files from virtually any coordinate system, datum, and map projection to any other.”
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| Geographic Explorer |
Blue Marble Geographics www.bluemarblegeo.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, NT)
“The Geographic Explorer extends the Windows 95 and NT Explorer to view, translate, and find map files. The Geographic Explorer provides a number of powerful utilities. You can explore map files directly on your desktop with the Geographic Explorer.”
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| Geographic Tracker |
Blue Marble Geographics www.bluemarblegeo.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“The Geographic Tracker delivers all of the power and utility of GPS to the Windows environment by allowing you to link a GPS receiver to other Microsoft Windows applications through standard Windows DDE messaging.
This standard "plug-and-play" GPS interface component supports most of the leading GPS receivers on the market. Simply plug your GPS receiver into the serial port of a computer running Windows and the Geographic Tracker will GPS-enable your applications.” |
| Geographic Transformer |
Blue Marble Geographics www.bluemarblegeo.com GEMI Store www.gemistore.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“The Geographic Transformer allows you to easily establish an "image-to-world" relationship between image and map coordinates and reproject an image into a georeferenced image map.”
$799 upgrade: $299 |
| Geographic Translator |
Blue Marble Geographics www.bluemarblegeo.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“The Geographic Translator supports comprehensive data and coordinate system translation of map files in the AutoCAD DWG & DXF, Microstation DGN, MapInfo MIF & TAB, and ESRI Shape formats. "Hands free" batch mode operation is just one compelling reason to add this new Blue Marble tool to your GIS toolbox.”
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| Geomatica FreeView |
PCI Geomatics http://www.pcigeomatics.com |
PLATFORM: Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000
"The Geomatica[tm] FreeView includes tools for fast image roaming and magnification, enhancements, numeric value display, and attributes table display."
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| Geomedia |
Intergraph http://www.intergraph.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“GeoMedia is your information integrator, serving as a visualization and analysis tool and a platform for custom GIS solutions. A universal GIS client, GeoMedia's live data connections allow you to maintain GIS data in native repositories, and ensure that your data is always up to date. You can integrate data automatically using on-the-fly coordinate transformation and feature definition. Perform simple and complex spatial analysis, such as incident and proximity analysis, to support decision-making activities.”
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| Geomedia Viewer |
Intergraph http://www.intergraph.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“Create Thematic Maps... View and anlyze data in either Microsoft Access or Arc/View Shape format... Load a satellite raster image and easily manipulate your map with zoom-in, zoom-out capability... it's FREE!!!”
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| GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) |
U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) www.cecer.army.mil Baylor University (Official Headquarters for GRASS support, research and development - get GRASS here) www.baylor.edu/~grass/ |
PLATFORM : Linux, Sun Solaris, Silicon Graphics Irix, HP-UX, DEC-Alpha and Windows 95/98/NT
GRASS is a raster-based GIS, vector GIS, image processing system, graphics production system, data management system, and spatial modeling system. “The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) is a public domain image processing and geographic information system (GIS) that was initially developed by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) during the late 1980's and early 1990's. USACERL stopped developing GRASS, the last full USACERL release was in 1993. Many organizations have taken the public domain GRASS software code and enhanced its functionality beyond what was possible with federal dollars. Baylor University, Blackland Research Institute, GPZ Technologies, Logiciels et Applications Scientifiques, (L.A.S.) Inc., and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) Geophysical Data Center have all released various public domain and commercial versions of GRASS on a variety of computer platforms.” |
| Idrisi |
Clark Labs, Clark University www.clarklabs.org |
PLATFORM : Windows
“IDRISI is the industry leader in raster analytical functionality covering the full spectrum of GIS and Remote Sensing needs from database query, to spatial modelling, to image enhancement and classification. Special facilities are included for environmental monitoring and natural resource management, including change and time series analysis, multi-criteria and multi-objective decision support, uncertainty analysis (including Bayesian and Fuzzy Set analysis) and simulation modelling (including force modelling and anisotropic friction analysis). Yet, despite the highly sophisticated nature of these capabilities, the system is as easy to use as it is inexpensive to buy.”
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| Label-EZ |
MapText, Inc. www.maptext.com |
PLATFORM : Windows 95, 98 and NT, UNIX
“A new productivity tool from MapText, Inc., Label-EZ places text automatically, without any human intervention, eliminating the need for manual text placement.The current version of the software works seamlessly with map data from: ArcInfo, ArcView, and MapInfo.”
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| LandForm C3 |
GEMI Store www.gemistore.com |
PLATFORM : Windows
“LandForm C3 allows users to fly through terrain data in real-time. It runs on Windows based desktop and laptop PCs, and reads many file types including DEM, DTED, TIFF, GeoTIFF, and others. LandForm has a unique capability to load DTED files automatically, based upon viewpoint and create a seamless land surface, at user-defined resolution. Aerial photographs, satellite images, and digital maps can be overlayed on the 3-D terrain. The viewpoint can be dynamically controlled by driving with the mouse, or the viewpoint can follow a flight track or ground track. At $995, this is the first product in its price range which allows users to combine topographic data with maps, satellite, aerial imagery, GPS and flight track data. Further, the program allows users to fuse these data into 3-D VRML models, which can be posted on Internet or intranet Web sites and viewed by Web browsers. The program was designed to be easy to use.”
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| Manifold System |
manifold.net http://www.manifold.net |
PLATFORM : Windows
“Manifold is a software package that combines database and mapping functionality. Manifold also includes a variety of statistics, logic, mathematics, and networking capabilities for use on maps, on databases, or all together at the
same time.”
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| MapInfo Professional |
MapInfo www.mapinfo.com/ |
PLATFORM : Windows, Macintosh, Sun, HP
“MapInfo Professional is the world's leading desktop mapping software that helps you see patterns and trends in your data. Trends that may otherwise be impossible to identify. ”
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| MapInfo ProViewer |
MapInfo www.mapinfo.com/ |
PLATFORM : Windows
“MapInfo's easy viewing tool designed for MapInfo Professional users. With ProViewer, you can share your MapInfo Professional maps and analyses with clients and co-workers, who may easily view and manipulate your creations even if they do not have MapInfo Professional.”
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| Maplex |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (NT)
“Maplex is a fully automated cartographic name placement software. Name placement can be one of the most time-consuming aspects of map production, often requiring considerable manual intervention to ensure that names do not overlap and are clearly associated with the features they annotate. Maplex provides the means to overcome this bottleneck in map production.”
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MapMarker and MapMarker Plus |
MapInfo www.mapinfo.com/ |
PLATFORM : Windows
They both utilize “street maps to allow you to visually display all your geocoded data. MapMarker ships with MapMarker Streets - a five layer street display product based on TIGER data from U.S. Census Bureau. MapMarker Plus ships with MapMarker Plus Streets - a five-layer street display product based on data from GDT, Inc.”
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| Maptitude |
GEMI Store www.gemistore.com |
“MAPTITUDE Geographic Information System combines sophisticated geographic analysis capabilities, a powerful DBMS engine, and a tremendous amount of data all for $395. Maptitude lets you edit and update your maps, import maps from other products, or create your own maps from scratch. The MapWizard utility lets you create thematic maps with a single click of the mouse. Anyone can make beautiful maps with Maptitude. It includes two CD ROMs full of detailed maps and demographic data including every street in the U.S. It also has maps and data for the rest of the world with somewhat less detail. MAPTITUDE allows you to display and edit satellite images and digital orthophotos.” |
| MAPublisher |
Avenza www.avenza.com |
PLATFORM : MacOS PowerPC, Windows (95, 98, NT)
“MAPublisher 3.5 is a suite of Xtras for Macromedia FreeHand and Plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator 8.0.1 that bridges Geographic Information System (GIS) technology with high-end graphics software for high resolution printing and electronic publishing technology. ”
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| MAPublisher GPS |
Avenza www.avenza.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, 98, NT)
“MAPublisher GPS allows you to publish your data quickly, easily and intuitively while speaking to a GPS receiver through a satellite/radio network from the Illustrator graphics environment. This data can efficiently be made available on the internet/intranet by using Avenza's pdfPLUS technology.”
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| MAPublisher LT |
Avenza www.avenza.com |
PLATFORM :MacOS PowerPC, Windows (95, 98, NT)
“MAPublisher Lt for Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia FreeHand imports raw GIS data files from Mac, PC or UNIX systems directly into the high end graphics environment with all attributes intact. MAPublisher Lt lets you import vector data (shapes, boundaries, routes, elevations, etc.) from MapInfo, ARC/INFO, ArcView, AutoCAD and others with all of the drawings data attributes intact. MAPublisher Lt incorporates GIS object management tools such as feature selection and query logic tools for easy data selection. Use MAPublisher LT to GEOenable your websites or for simply importing your GIS/CAD files into high end graphics programs.”
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| Map Viewer |
Golden Software www.golden.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, 98, NT)
“MapViewer is a thematic mapping package that creates full-color maps by linking worksheet data to areas or points on a map. MapViewer includes numerous boundaries and data files for the United States and World to get you started, or you can create your own boundaries for use with MapViewer. By placing your data in the full-featured MapViewer worksheet, you can easily link your data to areas or points on the map, and generate instructive, publication quality maps in virtually no time. With the numerous map types, overlays, and drawing tools you will create the most informative maps possible.”
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| Microdem |
Bureau of Land Management BLM ftp download site |
“A program to manipulate gridded digital elevation models (DEMs), satellite imagery, and vector map data like DLG and TIGER.” |
| MicroStation GeoGraphics |
Bentley Systems, Incorporated www.bentley.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (3.1x, 95, NT), DOS. Releases are planned for Intergraph CLIX, Hewlett Packard HP/UX, Sun Solaris, DEC Alpha NT, Silicon Graphics, IBM
RS6000, and Macintosh Power
“MicroStation GeoGraphics is a comprehensive mapping toolbox that bridges the gap between CAD and GIS. MicroStation GeoGraphics combines MicroStation's industry-standard data capture and editing tools with a comprehensive database interface and a powerful spatial analysis engine. MicroStation GeoGraphics integrates seamlessly with MicroStation 95, and provides tools to input, validate, manage, analyze, and visualize geographical information. MicroStation GeoGraphics also has the ability to manage a diverse combination of vector data, raster data, and non-spatial attributes. ”
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| MrSID Stand Alone Viewer |
LizardTech www.lizardtech.com/ |
PLATFORM : Win95/ NT, Macintosh & Unix(beta)
“View MrSID images on your personal computer. ”
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| NCAR Graphics |
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ngwww.ucar.edu |
PLATFORM : UNIX
“NCAR Graphics software continues to evolve its integrated environment for data processing and scientific visualization. Many tools come bundled with the distribution to perform such functions as viewing and editing metafiles, creating animations, converting between raster formats, resizing and compressing raster images, and zooming on images. ”
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| OziExplorer |
ESRI www.powerup.com.au/~lornew/oziexp.html |
PLATFORM : WIN 95/98/NT4/NT5/WIN2000
“OziExplorer GPS Mapping Software will work with Magellan, Garmin, Lowrance and Eagle GPS receivers for the upload/download of data and most brand of GPS receivers for on screen tracking of position (Moving Map).”
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| PC Arc/Info |
ESRI www.esri.com |
PLATFORM : DOS, Windows (3.x, 95, 98, NT)
“PC ARC/INFO is a series of six integrated software modules that combine fundamental geographic information system (GIS) tools and utilities for cartographic design and query, data entry and editing, data translation, polygon overlay and buffering, and network analysis and modeling.”
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| pdfPLUS |
Avenza www.avenza.com |
PLATFORM : MacOS PowerPC, Windows (95, 98, NT)
“pdfPLUS (formerly known as JAMBuddy) is an Adobe Acrobat 4.0 plug-in that allows you to read important database information embedded within a special PDF file. Save your MAPublisher creations and keep the data attributes alive and accessible for use on an intranet or the internet. Point and click on anything in the PDF and discover the hidden information. Query your data and watch pdfPLUS find the qualifiers.”
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| Philcarto |
Philippe WANIEZ http://perso.club-internet.fr/philgeo/ |
PLATFORM : Macintosh or Power Macintosh
“Philcarto is a classical mapping software for spatialy agregated data (like census data). The input map is an Adobe Illustrator® file. The output map is an Adobe Illustrator® file too, with the same scale than the input map.
Points and areas (polygons) are handled by the program. The data is a text-tabulated file containing an identifier, a name, and columns as variables.
The different types of maps are :
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| Philexplo |
Philippe WANIEZ http://perso.club-internet.fr/philgeo/ |
PLATFORM : Macintosh or Power Macintosh
“Philexplo is a new software for cartographic exploratory data analysis.
The purpose is to explore data and map using visualization tools. Data and map files are the same as with Philcarto. You can explore the statistical displays
(histograms, box plots, bivariate plots and triangular diagrams) using tools like arrow, knife, lasso, etc.... The result (a selection of spatial units) can be stored in pict file or exported into a texte file compatible with Philcarto (to obtain a better cartographic output).”
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| Quad Companion |
GEMI Store www.gemistore.com |
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| QUADConvert |
Applied Global Technologies, Inc. www.appliedglobal.com/frames.htm |
PLATFORM : DOS, Windows (3.1x, 95, NT), UNIX
Conversion Software for LTWG QUAD Format Satellite Scenes
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| R2V |
Able Software Corp. www.ablesw.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95/NT)
“The most advanced raster to vector conversion software for automated map digitizing and GIS data capture applications. R2V for Windows 95 & NT supports fully automatic vectorization and interactive line tracing from scanned maps and drawings. R2V inputs bi-level, grayscale and color images in TIFF, GeoTIFF or BMP formats, exports vector data to ArcView Shapefile, Arc/Info Generate, MapInfo MIF/MID, AutoCAD DXF and MapGuide SDL formats. R2V supports complete on-screen image and vector editing, labeling, geo-referencing using user specified control points, image rubber sheeting, color image classification and separation, text symbol detection and recognition (OCR), automatic polygon layer creation, 3D DEM and Grid creation, 3D display and image draping.”
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| SAGE GIS for DOS Suite |
DLSR (Digital Land Systems Research) www.dlsr.com.au |
PLATFORM : DOS
“The SAGE GIS for DOS system is a suite of three DOS programs which make up a functional and powerful GIS system. The system is comprised of: SAGE GIS (raster-based), SAGE Capture and SAGE Cartographer.”
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| SAGE GIS for Windows |
DLSR (Digital Land Systems Research) www.dlsr.com.au |
PLATFORM : Windows (95/NT)
“SAGE GIS support the analytics found in the SAGE GIS for DOS system, but with greatly improved speed and ease of use - perfect for training, teaching and consulting work.”
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| Surfer |
Golden Software www.golden.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (3.1, 95, 98, NT)
“Surfer is a contouring and 3D surface plotting program that runs under Microsoft Windows. Surfer quickly and easily converts your data into outstanding contour maps and surface plots. Virtually all aspects of your maps can be customized to produce exactly the presentation you want. Producing publication quality maps has never been quicker or easier. Both the 32-bit and 16-bit versions are included.”
upgrade: $139 |
| Terrain Professional |
Maptech GEMI Store www.gemistore.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (95, 98, NT)
“High-quality USGS topographic maps on CD-ROM. Up to 300 exportable maps per CD, at 160 dpi image resolution. Advanced features let you export and reproject full, georeferenced maps for use in GIS applications. Annotate and print customized maps. NGS (National Geodetic Survey) Data Sheets included. ”
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| Terrain Tools Freeware Edition |
Softree www.softree.com/betat e s t / t t ools.htm |
PLATFORM : Windows 3.1, 95, 98 or NT
“ Terrain ToolsTM - Freeware Edition is a quick and easy mapping package. Coordinates can be entered using the mouse,
typed in, or imported from external files. Scanned topographic maps, air
photos and other bitmap images can also be incorporated. ”
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| TNTatlas |
MicroImages, Inc. www.microimages.com |
PLATFORM : Every Platform
“a free product that lets you publish and distribute your spatial materials on CD-ROM. TNTatlas CD's contain multiple versions of the software so that a single CD can be used on any popular computing platform. TNTatlas stacks are prepared with the HyperIndex® feature in TNTmips.”
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| TNTmips |
MicroImages, Inc. www.microimages.com |
PLATFORM : Windows (3.1, 95, NT), Macintosh, UNIX
“TNTmips is the Map and Image Processing System, advanced software from
MicroImages, Inc. for geospatial analysis. TNTmips is used in more than 70 nations
around the world for geographic information analysis (GIS), advanced image
processing, CAD, desktop cartography, electronic atlas preparation, and other spatial
database management and visualization applications. TNTmips offers a level of data
and process integration that is unmatched in any other professional system. And you
can use TNTmips on PC, workstation, and Macintosh computers with exactly the same
set of features and user interface on every platform. TNTmips is the most technically
advanced and easy to use professional system on the market.”
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| TNTview |
MicroImages, Inc. www.microimages.com |
PLATFORM : Every Platform
“TNTview gives you the same powerful visualization and interpretation tools contained in MicroImages' industry-leading TNTmips product. TNTview is easy to learn and provides low cost visualization of your organization's project materials at sites where the users' scope of work does not include the preparation, processing, or final production of your spatial data.”
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| WinCATS |
Applied Global Technologies, Inc. www.appliedglobal.com/frames.htm |
PLATFORM : Windows
“WinCATS is the cutting edge intel tool for displaying database information over a vast host of geographic backgrounds. Advanced enough for the most complex cartographic demands, yet simple enough for the everyday software user, WinCATS is a serious mapping tool that remains user friendly.”
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| Tcl/TK extensions |
TK Geomap www.tkgeomap.org |
PLATFORM : Unix/Linux X11
Free set of extensions to Tcl/TK for map drawing.
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| WinCATS Viewer |
Applied Global Technologies, Inc. www.appliedglobal.com/frames.htm |
PLATFORM : Windows (3.1x, 95)
The freeware version of WinCATS.
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