License, source, & operating system support

GIS software Free software Open source

ArcGIS No Viewer(s)[1] Autodesk[2] Viewer(s)[3] No Cadcorp Viewer(s)[4] No CAPAWARE Yes Yes [5] Chameleon Yes Yes Deegree[6] Yes Yes Erdas Imagine[7] Viewers & Plug-ins No GeoBase Trial[8] No Geomajas[9] Yes Yes GeoNetwork Yes Yes GeoServer Yes Yes GeoTools Yes Yes GRASS Yes Yes gvSIG Yes Yes IDRISI[11] No No ILOG JViews Maps[12] Viewer(s)[13] No ITC[14] ILWIS Yes Yes Intergraph [15] Viewer(s)[16] No (Vivid[17]) Open[18] JUMP GIS Yes Yes Kosmo[19] Saig[20] Yes Yes LandSerf No No MapDotNet[21] No No Manifold System No No Microsoft MapPoint[22] Discontinued No Pitney Bowes[23] MapInfo Viewer(s)[24] No UMN[25] MapServer Yes Yes Caliper[26] Maptitude No No MapWindow GIS Yes Yes

[27] [27] ThinkGeo Map Suite Free Trial[28] No Oracle Spatial No No

Ortelius[29] Mapdiva[29] No Free Trial[30] Panorama No No PostGIS Yes Yes

QGIS Yes Yes

RegioGraph No No RemoteView No No Smallworld No No [31] Spatial Manager Desktop Free Trial [32] No Spatial Manager for No AutoCAD [33] Free Trial [34]

SpatialFX | ObjectFX[35] No No

SpatialRules | ObjectFX[35] No No

SPRING Yes Yes Caliper TransCAD[26] No No TerraLib TerraView Yes Yes MicroImages[36] TNTmips Viewer(s)[37] No Caliper[38] TransModeler No No uDIG Yes Yes Zulu [39] Viewer(s) No

AvisMap GIS Engine[40] No Viewer(s) GIS software Free software Open source Windows Mac OS X Linux

Yes No Yes

Yes No Yes Yes No S Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Java Java Java Yes No No Yes No Yes Java Java Java Java Java Java Yes Yes Yes Java Java Java Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Java Java Java Yes No No Yes No No Java Java Java Java Java Java Java Java Java Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No

Yes No No

Yes Yes Yes

No Yes No

"GIS Map 2005" No "GIS Panorama" Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No No

Yes No No

Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

Yes No No

Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix Web

No Yes Yes

No No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes AMP Java Java Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Java Java Yes Java Java Yes Yes Yes Java Java Java No Yes Yes via pyWPS[10] Java Java No No No No Java Java Java & DHTML/Ajax No No No No CLIX Yes Java Java No Java Java No Java Java No No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes AMP No No Yes No No No

No No Yes

No Yes Yes

No No No

No No No Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

No No No No No No ? Yes Yes No No No

No No No

Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

No Solaris No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No

No No DHTML BSD Unix Web Other

Google Earth Plugin,KML, WMS No No No No No No Traffic,WMS,ADAS,Routing No No No No No No No No No KML No No No

No No No No No No Geocoding and Routing plugins also available. No

Vector-based map illustration drawing tool for Mac OS X No No

Yes (Open layer Plugin,KML, WMS)

No No No Tasks run also in the command window

No

Java-based mapping and imagery toolkit

Java-based rules engine for spatial and temporal data. No No No No No No No

No

Other