ArcGIS AlternativesOnly apps categorised as GIS Software for Mac

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   QGIS

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   A fully featured, user friendly, open source Geographic Information System (GIS) with similar power to ArcGIS and MapInfo.

   58 QGIS alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • GIS
   • Map

   Origin

   • Switzerland

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   Guest

   May 23, 2017

   4

   QGIS can read geodatabases. The software is frequently updated and print composer is very good alternative to ArcGIS for map layouts.

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   Guest

   Positive comment•Aug 14, 2022

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   powerfull, stable, userfriendly, beautiful rendering and free.

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   Guest

   Positive comment•May 2, 2020

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   The GUI is pretty simple and intuitive and it runs decent on windows (at least as fast as ArcMap), but on GNU/Linux it flies. And since the license is GPL you can use it for different purposes (from educational to research or commercial) without worrying for a sue.

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   GRASS GIS

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   GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an open source, free software (FOSS) Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological, vector, image processing, and visualization functionality.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • GIS
   • Map

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

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   gvSIG Desktop

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   gvSIG is a Geographic Information System (GIS), that is, a desktop application designed for capturing, storing, handling, analyzing and deploying any kind of referenced geographic information in order to solve complex management and planning problems.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • GIS

   Origin

   • Spain
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   SAGA GIS

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   SAGA - System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses - is a Geographic Information System (GIS) software with immense capabilities for geodata processing and analysis. SAGA is programmed in the object oriented C++ language and supports the implementation of new functions with a...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • GIS

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

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   Mapserver

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   MapServer is an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web. Originally developed in the mid-1990’s at the University of Minnesota, MapServer is released under an MIT-style license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Map
   • GIS

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   PostGIS

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   PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend spatial database for geographic information systems (GIS), much like ESRIs SDE...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • GIS
   • Map

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   Negative comment•Jun 29, 2015

   4

   While PostGIS can collect GIS data, its primary functionality is that of a database and doesn't provide most of the feature set that ArcGIS has.

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   OpenJUMP GIS

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   OpenJUMP is an open source Geographic Information System (GIS) written in the Java programming language. It is developed and maintained by a group of volunteers from around the globe.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • GIS

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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    Magic Maps

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    Magic Maps is a simple mapping and data-analysis package for macOS, with a focus on ease-of-use and clean, Mac-native graphics.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • GIS

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

    

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    SNAP - SentiNel Application Platform

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    SNAP is a common architecture for FOSS toolboxes developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the scientific processing, analysis, and exploitation of satellite data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • GIS

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

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