License, Source, & Operating System Support
| GIS software | Freeware | Libre Software / Open source | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | Web | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autodesk | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Cadcorp | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| CAPAWARE | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Chameleon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AMP | No |
| Deegree | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Yes | No |
| Erdas Imagine | Viewers & Plug-ins | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| ESRI | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Google Earth Plugin,KML, WMS |
| GeoBase | Trial | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Geomajas | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Yes | No |
| GeoNetwork | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Yes | No |
| GeoServer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java | No |
| GeoTools | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No | No |
| GRASS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | via pyWPS | No |
| gvSIG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | No | No |
| ClarkLabs IDRISI | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ILOG JViews Maps | Viewer(s) | No | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java & DHTML/Ajax | No |
| ITC ILWIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Intergraph | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | CLIX | Yes | KML |
| (Vivid) Open JUMP GIS | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No | No |
| Kosmo Saig | Yes | Yes | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No | No |
| LandSerf | Yes | No | Java | Java | Java | Java | Java | No | No |
| Manifold System | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Pitney Bowes MapInfo | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| UMN MapServer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AMP | No |
| Caliper Maptitude | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| MapWindow GIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ThinkGeo Map Suite | Free Trial | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Geocoding and Routing plugins also available. |
| Oracle Spatial | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Ortelius Mapdiva | Free Trial | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Vector-based map illustration drawing tool for Mac OS X |
| Panorama | No | No | "GIS Map 2005" | No | "GIS Panorama" | No | No | No | No |
| PostGIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Quantum GIS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| RegioGraph | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| RemoteView | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Smallworld | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No |
| SpatialFX | ObjectFX | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java-based mapping and imagery toolkit |
| SpatialRules | ObjectFX | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java-based rules engine for spatial and temporal data. |
| SPRING | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Solaris | No | No |
| Caliper TransCAD | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| TerraLib TerraView | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| MicroImages TNTmips | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Caliper TransModeler | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| uDIG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| AvisMap GIS Engine | Viewer(s) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | DHTML | No |
| GIS software | Free (Gratis) | Open source | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | Web | Other |
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