3DEM
Terrain visualization application
ArcGIS Explorer
CADX11
General purpose CAD program
CloudCompare
Tool for processing and analysing point clouds.
DG Terrain Viewer
Terrain visualization application
DielmoOpenLiDAR
Allows access, visualization and analysis of the original LiDAR data
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DNR Garmin
Directly transfer data between Garmin GPS handheld receivers and various GIS software packages
Easy GPS
Upload and download waypoints, routes, and tracks between your Windows computer and your Garmin, Magellan, or Lowrance GPS
E-Foto
Educational digital photogrammetric workstation
FMaps
Open Source GIS/RS application on the Linux and Gnome compatible platforms
FreeCAD
General purpose 3D CAD program
FugroViewer
Viewer designed for use with various types of raster and vector based geospatial datasets, including data from photogrammetric, LiDAR, and IFSAR sources
Fusion (LiDAR)
LiDAR viewing and analysis software suite
GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library)
Translator library for raster geospatial data formats that is released under an X/MIT style Open Source license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Generic Mapping Tools
Collection of tools for manipulating Geographic and Cartesian data sets
GeoMagas
Enterprise-ready open source GIS framework for the web
GEON Points2Grid Utility
Tool for the generation of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) from LiDAR point cloud data
GeoNetwork
Catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources
GeoTools
Open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data
GeoVista
Programming-free environment that allows users to quickly build applications for geocomputation and geographic visualization
GIMP
Not actually mapping software but a general purpose image manipulation program with capabilities similar to Photoshop and Corel PhotoPaint
GISToolkit
Java based mapping toolkit, it has the ability to read geographical data from a variety of data sources and display that information to the user
Global Land Cover Facility (Data)
Global archive of satellite acquired imagery and data
GLOVIS (Data)
Global archive of satellite acquired imagery and data
Google Earth
Global satellite image and spatial information viewer
Google Sketchup
Useful and intuitive tool for creating 3D vector models
GPS Babel
Converts and manipulates waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS receivers and mapping programs
GPS Manager
Graphical manager of GPS data that makes possible the preparation, inspection and edition of GPS data
GPS TrackMaker
Comprehensive GPS interface and mapping utility
GPS Utility
Application that allows you to manage, manipulate and map your GPS information
GPS3D
Small application that displays a texture-mapped earth and lets you interactively explore it in 3D. It can also connect to a GPS unit and display in 3D all the info produced by the unit
GPSDrive
Displays your position provided from your GPS receiver on a zoomable map
GrADS
Interactive desktop tool that is used for easy access, manipulation, and visualization of earth science data
GRASS GIS
Comprehensive GIS software used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization
gvSIG
Desktop GIS application designed for capturing, storing, handling, analyzing and deploying any kind of referenced geographic information
ImageJ
Not actually mapping software but a comprehensive image processing and analysis tool for research applications
ImageMagick
Software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats."
Inkscape
Not actually mapping software but a general purpose vector graphics editor with capabilities similar to Illustrator and CorelDraw
Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS)
Raster and Vector GIS application
JUMP Unified Mapping Platform
GUI-based application for viewing and processing spatial data. It includes many common spatial and GIS functions. It is also designed to be a highly extensible framework for developing and running custom spatial data processing applications.
Landserf
Application for the visualisation and analysis of surfaces
LizardTech GeoViewer
Application for viewing geospatial imagery, vector overlays, and LiDAR files
Lviz LiDAR
3D visualization of LiDAR / ALSM point and interpolated data
Mapbender
Software and client framework for spatial data infrastructures and can be used for a variety of different web mapping applications
Mapbuilder (Project completion)
Standards compliant geographic mapping client which runs in a web browser (end of project life notice posted)
MapGuide
Web-based platform that enables users to develop and deploy web mapping applications and geospatial web services
Map Maker Gratis
A map production program with GIS functions such as thematic mapping and data interrogation (vector and raster).
Mapnik
Toolkit for developing mapping applications
MapServer
Platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web
MapSphere
Spatial data viewer with GPS track display
Mapyrus
Software for creating plots of points, lines, polygons and labels to PostScript, Portable Document Format (PDF), Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format and web image output formats
MARS Viewer (LiDAR)
"Software suite is a comprehensive, production-grade Windows application designed to visualize, manage, process and analyze LiDAR point cloud data"
MB System
Software package for the processing and display of bathymetry and backscatter imagery data derived from multibeam, interferometry, and sidescan sonars
MySQL
" The world's most popular open source database"
Natural Resources Database
Database and mapping application for developing and distributing environmental databases
Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework
Nunaliit framework aims to make it easy for anyone to build a cybercartographic atlas - telling stories and exploring the relationships between space, time, knowledge, and our senses
Open Visualization Data Explorer
Visualization framework that gives users the ability to apply advanced visualization and analysis techniques to their data
OpenEV
Software library and application for viewing and analysing raster and vector geospatial data
OpenJump
GIS Data Viewer and geometry attribute editing application
OpenLayers
Tool to put a dynamic map in any web page and display map tiles and markers loaded from many sources
OpenMap
Programmer's toolkit allowing user to build applications and applets that access data from legacy databases and applications
Opticks
Expandable remote sensing and imagery analysis software platform
Parallel Database System for GIS Applications
Paradise project: to design, implement, and evaluate a scalable, parallel geographic information system that is capable of storing and manipulating massive data sets
Paraview
Multi-platform data analysis and visualization application
PostGIS
Adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS ""spatially enables"" the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial database for GIS
Quantum GIS
Open Source GIS that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows and supports vector, raster, and database formats
Rapidform Explorer
Share and view inspection results and a multitude of 3D scan data and CAD formats
Shapefile Coordinate Transformation Utility
Datum transformation and projection utility which reads and writes shapefiles
SharpMap
Mapping library for use in web and desktop applications. It provides access to many types of GIS data and enables spatial querying of that data
Simple Map Server
Tool to produce geographical map images
Spatial Analysis and Modelling Tool
Landscape modeling application
SPRING
GIS and Remote Sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment
StatPlanet
Browser-based interactive data visualization and mapping application
StereoScan
3D modeling tool for automatic generation of textured 3D models from individual stereo pairs
TARDEM
Command line GIS applications
Terragen
Terrain rendering application
TerraView
GIS application built using the TerraLib GIS library. TerraView main goal is to make available to the GIS Community an easy geographic data viewer with resources that include database queries and data analysis
Thuban
Interactive geographic data viewer
Triangle
Application to generate exact Delaunay triangulations, constrained Delaunay triangulations, conforming Delaunay triangulations, Voronoi diagrams, and high-quality triangular meshes
Triangulated Surface Library
Open Source software library intended to provide a set of useful functions to deal with 3D surfaces meshed with interconnected triangles
uDig
Desktop Internet GIS application framework
VG4D Viewer
Interactive 3D LiDAR viewing tool
Vis5D
OpenGL based volumetric visualization program for scientific datasets in 3+ dimensions
WinDisp
Software package for the display and analysis of satellite images, maps and associated databases, with an emphasis on early warning for food security
WINGS 3D
Application offering a wide range of modeling tools, a customizable interface, support for lights and materials, and a built-in AutoUV mapping facility
WorldKit
Mapping application for the Web