MapInfo Professional AlternativesGIS Software & Map Services like MapInfo Professional

Apps similar to MapInfo Professional include QGIS, which is free and open source. Other options are what3words, ArcGIS, Plus Codes and Plenum Atlas. You're spoiled for choice with GIS Software like MapInfo Professional: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, the web, Linux, Mac and Android.

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

    62 QGIS alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Android
    • BSD
    • CH flagSwitzerland
    QGIS main window while editing a project
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  2. what3words icon
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    What3words encodes geographic coordinates into 3 dictionary words (for example, the Statue of Liberty is located at planet.inches.most). what3words is different from other alphanumeric location systems and GPS coordinates in that it displays 3 words rather than long strings of...

    39 what3words alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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  3. ArcGIS icon
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    ArcGIS offers unique capabilities and flexible licensing for applying location-based analytics to your business practices.

    58 ArcGIS alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  4. Plus Codes icon
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    A plus code address looks like a regular address, but with a short code where the street name and number would be. These addresses exist for any location, even for places where there are no roads.

    42 Plus Codes alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Plenum Atlas icon
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    Turn CSV & Excel data into interactive map analytics dashboards — choropleth, bubbles, heatmaps, connection lines & more. 10 map styles, export to HTML/PDF/PPTX. Fully offline, no cloud, no subscription. One-time purchase.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  6. Maptitude icon
     23 likes

    Business mapping software (geographic information system) that delivers affordable, easy-to-use, professional mapping tools for mapping in these sectors: franchising, health care, business, territories, site selection, sales, marketing, banking, more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. GRASS GIS icon
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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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. PostGIS icon
     23 likes

    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...

    17 PostGIS alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. LiCAD icon
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    With support for Lider CAD & GIS, CAD (Computer Aided Design) functions, mapping, cadastre, urban planning, construction, etc. to create projects, geographical analysis, query etc. by combining GIS (Geographic Information System) functions and CAD objects.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10. SAGA GIS icon
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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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. uDig icon
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    uDig is a GIS software program produced by a community led by Canadian-based consulting company Refractions Research. It is based on the Eclipse platform and features full layered open source GIS. It is written in Java and released under GNU Lesser General Public License.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  12. Equator icon
     9 likes

    Equator is online mapping software that allows anyone to find, create and publish maps in minutes. One globe, unlimited maps.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Equator screenshot 1
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