What is GIS Software?

GIS (Geographic Information System) software is used to capture, store, analyze, and present spatial and geographic data. These tools allow users to map, visualize, and interpret complex data related to geography, helping to make decisions based on location-based insights. GIS software supports a wide range of industries, from urban planning and environmental management to transportation and utilities, by enabling the analysis of geographical patterns and relationships. Features often include data layering, spatial analysis, cartographic tools, and the ability to integrate with other systems for more comprehensive data analysis. GIS software is invaluable for planning, resource management, logistics, and location-based decision-making. Compare and read user reviews of the best GIS software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Maptitude

    Maptitude

    Caliper

    Maptitude Geographic Information System (GIS) software gives you the tools, maps, and demographic data you need to analyze and understand how geography affects you and your business. Every day you have to contend with spreadsheets and databases filled with vast amounts of customer, employee, sales, facility, and territory data. With Maptitude mapping software you can visualize data in new and different ways, unearth geographic patterns hidden in your data, and convey that information in a straightforward manner. Maptitude provides everything you need to realize the benefits of desktop mapping and spatial analysis with a single, easy-to-use package. Maptitude has the richest feature set and highest performance of any mapping software. Maptitude offers comprehensive desktop mapping software functionality and provides many new and enhanced features that make it easier for you to create and edit maps, add your data to maps, analyze geographic data, and connect to corporate data resources.
    Starting Price: $695.00/one-time/user
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    OpenCage Geocoding API
    Hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, tens of millions of requests per day. Here today, here tomorrow. Funded by customers, not VCs - since 2013. Redundant EU data centers, fully GDPR compliant. Independently monitored uptime All API requests via 256-bit SSL encryption (HTTPS). Responsive customer support. Ask us anything. Proud corporate member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. Great product. Many open gecoders behind a single API. Most permissive licensing in the industry. Cache results as long as you like. No vendor lock-in, display results on ANY map. Worldwide coverage. Continual updates - OpenStreetMap has over four million edits/day. Avoid the stress and on-going costs of maintaining your own system Easy setup: Tutorials and SDKs for over 30 different programming languages. We add useful info like timezones, calling codes, FIPS codes, speed limits, currency, what3words, sunrise/sunset, etc to save you engineering time.
    Starting Price: $50 per month
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    Jawg Maps
    Create a map that integrates seamlessly into website with Jawg Maps. The Jawg platform provides enterprise-grade mapping services built from both OpenSource and proprietary tools, as well as OpenStreetMap data. Far from simply being a map customizing tool, Jawg provides you with statistics that enable you to adapt your product according to the needs of your users. Your data is printed and fused within an image. No interaction is possible. On the point for a map on a blog / emails / prints. Useful on a web widget. Ideal to contextualize a POI. A dynamic map is interactive. The user can zoom, move and most of the time interact with the data displayed on the map. It is the most common usage.
    Starting Price: €250 per month
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    SuperMap GIS

    SuperMap GIS

    SuperMap Software Co., Ltd.

    SuperMap GIS is developed by SuperMap Software Co., Ltd. It is a complete package of GIS platform software, including Desktop GIS, Service GIS, Component GIS, Mobile GIS platforms, spatial data production, processing and management tools. SuperMap GIS 10i(2021) integrates AI GIS technology, and further innovates Big Data GIS, 3D GIS, Distributed GIS and Cross Platform GIS to establish a five key technologies system of “BitDC” for GIS platform software. SuperMap GIS 10i(2021) includes Cloud GIS server, Edge GIS server, Terminal GIS, etc., and provides two delivery methods of offline deployment and online services (SuperMap Online).
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