Geospatial Software [2023]

No. Product name Product type Free? Website

1 ade4 Mathematical/Statistical library Y [Link]
2 Agent Analyst Geosimulation Y [Link]
3 AgentSheets Geosimulation N [Link]
4 AltaMap suite (now Descartes) Telecoms/visibility analysis++ N [Link]
5 ANN Mathematical/Statistical library Y [Link]
6 ANUDEM Terrain analysis N [Link]
7 AnyLogic Geosimulation N [Link]
8 ArcExplorer Viewer Y [Link]
9 ArcGIS GIS N [Link]
10 ArcLogistics (ArcGIS Network Analyst) Logistics N [Link]
11 AutoCAD Civil 3D Visualisation (2D and 3D) N [Link]
12 Bentley Microstation Geographics GIS N [Link]
13 Boundaryseer Specialised data analysis N [Link]
14 CadCorp SIS GIS N [Link]
15 CadnaA Noise mapping N [Link]
16 Calpuff View Emergency and Hazard Assessment N [Link]
17 CARIS GIS N [Link]
18 Cartomap Viewer Y [Link]
19 Clusterseer Cluster analysis N [Link]
20 CommunityViz Visualisation (2D and 3D) N [Link]
21 Coordinate Calculator Specialised mapping Y [Link]
22 Crimestat IV Crime analysis Y [Link]
23 Cube Traffic simulation and forecasting N [Link]
24 DEPTHMAP Telecommunications/visibility analysis Y [Link]
25 Didger Specialised mapping N [Link]
26 DYNAMEQ Traffic simulation and forecasting N [Link]
27 EMME Traffic simulation and forecasting N [Link]
28 ENVI Remote sensing analysis N [Link]
29 EOS Landviewer Web based interactive map viewer Y/N [Link]
30 ER Mapper Specialised mapping N [Link]
31 ERDAS Imagine (now Hexagon Geospatial) GIS N [Link]
32 eRouteLogistics Logistics N [Link]
33 Farsite Emergency and Hazard Assessment Y [Link]
34 FDO GIS tools Y [Link]
35 Feature Analyst Terrain analysis N [Link]
36 FloodWorks Hydrological analysis N [Link]
37 FME Specialised mapping N [Link]
38 Fractal terrains Specialised mapping N [Link]
39 Fragstats Landscape analysis Y [Link]
40 Global Optimization Toolbox (MATLab) Optimization algorithms N [Link]
41 GAM/K Cluster analysis Y [Link]
42 GDAL GIS tools Y [Link]
43 GenaMap GIS N [Link]
44 GeoDa Exploratory data analysis (EDA/ESDA) Y [Link]
45 GeoExpress Image handling N [Link]
46 Geographic Calculator GIS tools N [Link]
47 Geographically weighted regression (GWR) Statistical analysis N [Link]
48 Geomatica/Catalyst GIS N [Link]
49 Geomedia (now Hexagon) GIS N [Link]
50 Geoplot Specialised mapping N [Link]
51 GeoVista Software Exploratory data analysis (EDA/ESDA) Y [Link]
52 GMT GIS tools Y [Link]
53 Grapher Graphing N [Link]
54 GRASP Specialised data analysis Y [Link]
55 GRASS GIS Y [Link]
56 Groundwater Modeling System (GMS) Hydrological analysis N [Link]
57 GS+ Geostatistical analysis N [Link]
58 Hawth's Tools GIS tools Y [Link]
59 ICS Telecom Telecommunications/visibility analysis N [Link]
60 Idrisi GIS N [Link]
61 ILOG CPLEX Optimisation (Y) [Link]
62 ILWIS GIS Y [Link]
63 IMMI Noise and air pollution N [Link]
64 InfoWorks Hydrological analysis N [Link]
65 Instant Atlas Specilaised mapping N [Link]
66 ISATIS Geostatistical analysis N [Link]
67 Landscape Fragmentation Tool Landscape analysis Y [Link]
68 Landserf Terrain analysis Y [Link]
69 LEDA Optimisation N [Link]
70 LIDAR Analyst Terrain analysis N [Link]
71 LINDO Optimisation N [Link]
72 LP-Solve Optimisation Y [Link]
73 Manifold/Radian GIS N [Link]
74 Map Comparison Kit Spatio-temporal analysis Y [Link]
75 MapGuide GIS Y [Link]
76 MapInfo GIS N [Link]
77 MapMerger Specialised mapping N [Link]
78 MAPresso Specialised mapping Y [Link]
79 Mapserver Specialised mapping Y [Link]
80 Maptext/Label EZ Specialised mapping N [Link]
81 Maptitude (Caliper) GIS N [Link]
82 Maptools GIS tools [Link]
83 MAPublisher Specialised mapping (Y) [Link]
84 MapViewer GIS N [Link]
85 MASON Geosimulation Y [Link]
86 MATLab plus toolboxes Mathematical/Statistical library N [Link]
87 MATSim Geosimulation Y [Link]
88 Mondrian Visualisation (2D and 3D) Y [Link]
89 Natureserve Vista Emergency and Hazard Assessment N [Link]
90 NetLab Neural networks Y [Link]
91 NetLogo Geosimulation Y [Link]
92 NOISEMAP Noise mapping [Link]
93 NuMAP Neural networks (Y) [Link]
94 Open Layers Specialised mapping Y [Link]
95 OpenMap GIS tools Y [Link]
96 Oriana Directional analysis N [Link]
97 OSSIM Image handling Y [Link]
98 PASSaGE Specialised data analysis Y [Link]
99 PCRaster GIS Y [Link]
100 PostGIS GIS Y [Link]
101 PySal Mathematical/Statistical library Y [Link]
102 QGIS GIS Y [Link]
103 R Spatial Mathematical/Statistical library Y [Link]
104 R2V GIS tools N [Link]
105 REACT Logistics N [Link]
106 Repast Simphony Geosimulation Y [Link]
107 RiverTools Hydrological analysis N [Link]
108 RoadEng Specialised mapping N [Link]
109 Rookcase Statistical analysis Y [Link]
110 RouteSmart Logistics N [Link]
111 SAGA GIS Y [Link]
112 SAGE2001 (SAGE2005) Geostatistical analysis N [Link]
113 SAM Statistical analysis Y [Link]
114 SANET Network analysis Y [Link]
115 SaTScan Cluster analysis Y [Link]
116 Smallworld GIS N [Link]
117 SOM Toolbox Neural networks Y [Link]
118 SpaceStat Statistical analysis N [Link]
119 Spatial Manager GIS/mapping package N [Link]
120 spdep Mathematical/Statistical library Y [Link]
121 SPLANCS Statistical analysis Y [Link]
122 SPSS (IBM) Statistical analysis N [Link]
123 StarLogo Geosimulation Y [Link]
124 STATA/IC Statistical analysis N [Link]
125 Surfacewater Modeling System (SMS) Hydrological analysis N [Link]
126 Surfer Graphing N [Link]
127 Surfit Specialised mapping Y [Link]
128 SurGe Specialised mapping Y [Link]
129 SWARM Geosimulation Y [Link]
130 Synchro and SIMTraffic Traffic simulation and forecasting N [Link]
131 TAP Telecoms/visibility analysis N [Link]
132 TAS (Whitebox) Terrain analysis Y [Link]
133 TatukGIS GIS tools N [Link]
134 TatukGIS Editor/Viewer Viewer Y [Link]
135 TAUDEM Terrain analysis Y [Link]
136 TDHGIS Vector based Spatial Analysis Y [Link]
137 TNTMips GIS (Y) [Link]
138 TransCAD Network analysis N [Link]
139 TransModeller Traffic simulation and forecasting N [Link]
140 Truckstops Logistics N [Link]
141 TSIS-CORSIM Traffic simulation and forecasting N [Link]
142 uDig GIS Y [Link]
143 UrbanSim Geosimulation Y [Link]
144 Vincenty GIS tools Y [Link]
145 Virtual Terrain Project Visualisation (2D and 3D) Y [Link]
146 VISUM Traffic simulation and forecasting N [Link]
147 Watershed Modeling System (WMS) Hydrological analysis N [Link]
148 What's Best Optimisation N [Link]
149 WinBUGS/GeoBUGS Statistical analysis Y [Link]
150 WindNinja Specialised mapping Y [Link]
151 WindWizard Specialised mapping (Y) [Link]
152 Xpress-MP Optimisation (Y) [Link]

NOTE: Some of the older software packages and projects have ceased to be available over the past year. These include: Cellular Expert, EasyNN, GALib, Geostat, Inerpose, LOLA, Hotspot detective, Netlab and
STARS. In addition, several of the links shown above are http rather than https links, reflecting some less-maintained/older services and software.

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