Comparison of GIS software
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This is a comparison of notable GIS software. Please also see the list of GIS software.
[edit] Operating system support
| GIS software | Windows | Mac OS X | GNU/Linux | BSD | Unix | Web |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRASS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| MapServer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AMP |
| Chameleon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AMP |
| GeoServer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java |
| GeoTools | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No |
| gvSIG | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No |
| JUMP GIS | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No |
| ILOG JViews Maps [1] | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java & DHTML/Ajax |
| Maptitude | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| TransCAD | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| TransModeler | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| MapWindow GIS | Yes (ActiveX) | No | No | No | No | No |
| PostGIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quantum GIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| uDIG | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| CARIS | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ESRI | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| IDRISI | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Intergraph [2] | Yes | No | No | No | CLIX | Yes |
| Manifold System | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| MapInfo | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Oracle Spatial | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Smallworld | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| LandSerf | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No |
| Panorama | "GIS Map 2005" | No | "GIS Panorama" | No | No | No |
| SPRING | Yes | No | Yes | No | Solaris | No |
| TatukGIS | Yes | No | {no}} | No | No | ? |
| TerraView | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| TNTmips | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Note that for those products that are available for Unix and/or Linux, compilation for Mac OS X and BSD may also be possible at little or no extra cost to the distributor, especially when source code is being made available. Java applications will run on all platforms for which a Java virtual machine or Java compiler of appropriate age is available; this includes Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris.
