Talk:List of GIS software

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NEW: on the OSGEO website there is talk about some other projects (MapBender, Mapbuilder, MapGuide Open Source, ...) witch are not described on the wiki-page([1]) Don't now if they are the most known GIS-software dough. Please look into it for cleaning up the page.

Hi, please excuse if I added this note to the wrong place but it looks to me as if I'm supposed to. I would like to have added my GIS solution for people doing sports. It can read and write GPX files and enables the user to visually plan routes for workout exercises. I currently list it this way: TrailRunner - route-planning for all kinds of sports with iPod directions export. The home-page link is http://www.trailrunnerx.com TrailRunner is a MacOS X 10.4 only freeware and I am a single person developer maintaining it. I was also member of all the GIS related speeches at Wikimania in Frankfurt. The speeches where the reason I have implemented the GPX standard. So thank's to everyone being part of that effort. - [[2]] berbie.

Is it just me, or does this page seem to be becomming an advertisement aggrigation? I mean, phrases like "leading provider", "Leading developers", "world's leading suppliers", and "vary affordable" seem like companies are dumping marketing departments on the page trying to gain sales... Perhaps some copyedit is in order? -FrYGuY 10:40, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I'm going to clean it up by removing all software with an external link, alphabetizing the remainder, and doing copyedit to make it sound less like an advertisement, starting sometime around Jan 7th most likely. If anybody objects to this plan of action, let me know before then... -FrYGuY 09:29, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
Didn't have time yesterday or today, so those who may have reason to complain have one more day to voice their objections... -FrYGuY 10:11, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Article cleanup

I just did further clean-up of the article (beyond Perfecto's edits), making the list of "open source" GIS just that, and not a list of "free" GIS software. Though, I made an exception for LandSerf, which turned up significant Google hits.

The list of "Notable commercial or proprietary GIS software" includes ones mentioned in the GISjobs survey of GIS professionals. This list includes some others that, as a GIS professional, I would consider notable.

The third list "Other GIS software", (not sure I like it) includes others that turned up relatively significant Google hits. There were some other GIS companies listed as well, but I removed them, as this is a list of GIS software and not companies. Finally, I added a commented-out notice in each section:

<!-- ATTENTION! DO NOT ADD SOFTWARE OR LINKS HERE WITHOUT DISCUSSION ON THE TALK PAGE. OTHERWISE THEY WILL BE REMOVED. -->

This strategy is effectively used on the Google Maps article, where editors routinely do a "Regular clean-out of undiscussed links. Please come to Talk page if you want a link to not be cleaned out regularly". I hope this helps cut down on spam and advertising.

If anyone disagrees with something specific that I deleted, please say so on the talk page here so we can discuss and reach consensus. Thanks. -Aude (talk | contribs) 04:54, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes. I disagree with your deletion of OpenInfo's OpenGCL product. This product has all the functionality, and more, of ArcIMS, and is a direct competitor. The Canadian Government has contributed significant investments into this product as well, and it is being heavily promoted and used by Ontario municipalities. It is set to become the standard for Canadian GIS engines.

Traditionally, Canadian companies have had a much harder time competing than US companies. This is because of attitudes from people such as yourselves, who feel that if it is not American, or European, that it is not worth listing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 165.154.136.7 (talk • contribs) .

Please, no personal attacks! I don't care if a product is American, Canadian, European, or what. There are plenty of 'notable' Canadian GIS products, such as Safe Software, or PCI Geomatics software products, etc., that don't have articles on Wikipedia. OpenInfo isn't even listed on Yahoo!, or on Directionsmag company directory, for example. Please see What Wikipedia is not, and Vanity guidelines for more details on Wikipedia policies. Thanks. -Aude (talk | contribs) 15:56, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

That sounds like a personal attack and a rant to me, KMF. OpenInfo is in fact listed in the DirectionsMag listing. Perhaps you should check more thoroughly. 165.154.136.7 22:50, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't listed, but I see that you've added it to the directory. That's definitely a good marketing strategy, as that's one place that people interested in GIS go to look for products, services, and company information. It's just that Wikipedia isn't a place for advertising, and Wikipedia isn't (yet) such a good source for GIS information anyway.
Might I suggest instead that you create an account (that's if you're not User:OpenInfo) and contribute to making GIS and database topic articles better? In that way, people will get to know you through your contributions to those articles, and see your user page, where it's perfectly okay to talk about yourself, OpenInfo, and provide links to the company there. You definitely seem very knowledgable on these topics, so I hope you instead choose to make more contributions rather than just use Wikipedia to promote OpenInfo. Thanks. -Aude (talk | contribs) 00:47, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discuss links here

Editors regularly clean out undiscussed links from this article. Please discuss here if you want a link not to be cleaned out regularly. (You can help!)

I propose to add a link on this free non-commercial GIS software : AutoDEM [3] which is a efficient software to work on digitized topographic maps, DEM and contours lines. The aim of the software is to propose a set of tool to allow a conversion from one of these layers to another. Many tools are proposed and many formats are supported. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.233.83.175 (talk • contribs).

We can't possibly list every GIS software on Wikipedia, so we have software notability guidelines to follow. Can you demonstrate that AutoDEM meets these guidelines? Also, is the software open source, or just free (but not open source)? -Aude (talk | contribs) 14:48, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Links discussion notice

Guys, your Draconic comments on the main page are not in accordance with Wikipedia's "being bold" philosophy. I'll be watching this article. Kind regards,
Samsara (talk • contribs) 21:30, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Please do watch the article and help patrol for spam. This article used to be a long list of (spam) and external links. I would greatly appreciate any help with spam patrol. And, I have readded the notices to each section, so that people see it no matter which "edit" link they click. However, I have toned town these notices and added mention of Wikipedia:Notability (software) guidelines. These commented notices are the same approach used to maintain Google Maps and other articles, which are also spam magnets. -Aude (talk | contribs) 14:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Thank you, those notices are much more suitable. pschemp | talk 18:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] critique of Wikipedia GIS pages

Please see http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/07/04/gis-and-wikipedia/ for a well-written complaint of some of the problems with this page. I honestly don’t care if anyone fixes the GIS articles on Wikipedia as they are of no value anyway. GIS.com is more trustworthy than Wikipedia and that is saying something. And spamming Wikipedia with links to your own website or product is slimy to be the least. Either your product/website is strong enough to stand on its own and will get added into Wikipedia on its own merit, or you need to work harder at making your product/website better.

[edit] Suggest to add "PC-Axis" software to the list

I think that PC-Axis software family (PC-Axis, PX-Map, PX-Edit) should be added to the list of GIS software, maybe in the "Other software" section. PC-Axis is a family of statistical programs created by several scandinavian Statistical Offices (Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark) and used by many others (Greenland, Spain, Euskadi, ...). Those offices supply their statistical maps in '.px' and 'Shapefile' format used by this software. It is copywrighted by thoose statistical offices that created it (so its not open source), but its free, and maps created are very good in my opinion. See http://www.ssb.no/en/software/pxmap/ and http://www.pc-axis.scb.se/ for more information.

[edit] Suggest adding Terralink International software to the list

Terralink International is a leading GIS software/data provider in New Zealand and Australasia.

For more information see http://www.terralink.co.nz

[edit] Suggest to add Groundwater Modeling System (GMS)

This uses mostly 3D spatial elements (Shapefiles, TINs) to show stratigraphy, boreholes, aquifers. The program is used to used to construct groundwater models -- so it is highly specialized. There is also very advanced 2D and 3D geostatistics module for defining strata, contamination plumes, etc. The program has been around since 1996, however, it has a limited number of users ... probably only a thousand or so worldwide (>$5000 per license). +mwtoews 22:23, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggest adding Summit Evolution

DAT/EM Systems International, the manufacturer of Summit Evolution, is an authorized business partner/developer with ESRI, Bentley, Autodesk, and PCI Geomatics. DAT/EM is not listed on Yahoo or Directions mag's directory; however, its software is used by companies that are listed (such as CH2M Hill, Intermap, and Sanborn).

Also see:

GISVision Review

DAT/EM Pairs with Microsoft

DATEM 00:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bizeasset - Asset Management Software

Bizeasset supplies software currently to councils and shires in Australia and New Zealand. Built on a MapInfo platform the software combines both the GIS and accounting functionality to provide asset registers, valuations and long term funding requirements. Thanks Bizeasset 03:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)chris@bizeasset.com.au

[edit] Categorization

What do people think about organizing the listed software into categories and adding a brief discussion about how the category fits into a GIS? For example:

  • Desktop - view and analyse data.
  • Automated cartography (overlaps with desktop...)
  • CAD - great for data entry and 3D
  • Spatial Databases
  • Geographic Web servers
  • Web clients
  • Programming Librairies
  • Other

Rschulz 05:54, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other SW suggestion

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