GIS and Remote Sensing Software

This database provides descriptions of a large variety of software for the processing and analysis of space-based information. You can search the database by criteria such as software type, data format and operating system. As the database includes applications of varying technical complexity, it is also possible to select only those that do not require programming skills and have a graphical user interface.

Software type - Any -Crowdsourcing/VGIDatabase/LibraryDesktop GISDesktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)ExtensionTool/ConverterWeb GIS (display only)Web processing (cloud computing)

Data Format - Any -OpticalRadar

Scope - Any -Image processingModellingVisualisation

Programming skills needed? - Any -YesNo

Accessibility - Any -OnlineInstall only

Graphical User Interface? - Any -Yes

Computer System - Any -WindowsMacOSXLinuxUNIXAIXCygwinSolarisOnline

File types - Any -adfadrgameascascatnauxauxbilbinbipblxbmpbsnbsqbtchmciocosarcsvdatdbfdgndngdtodwgdxfecwemfEOSAT FASTEPPL7ER Mapper Compressed Wavelets ECWfigFastL7AFITSfltGAIAGDALGDAL RasterGeiJP2Generic RAWGeoPDFGeoRSSGeoSoft Grid Exchange Format Northwood Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab Northwood Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab ARC Digitized Raster Graphics Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP)GeoTIFFgifGINIgisGeoJSONgffgis2gbGMLGPXGRASSgrdgrdGRIBgrngwGXFhdfhdfhdfhdfhdrhdrhdrHEC-2HEC-DSSHEC-RASHGThmdhruhtmlicoILWIS Raster Map MPR MPLimgimgimgimgJapanese DEM JDEM MEMJFIFjp2jp2jp2jp2jpegjpegj2kkml1kmlkmzlanLASlcpLGSOWGMacSADIEmapMDBmemMeteosat Second Generation MSGmgtMID/MIF de MapinfoMISTMOLAMPEGMrSIDMulti-resolution Seamless Image Database MrSIDMWSn1n1n1natNautical Chart KAPndfndfNetCDFNetpbm PPM/PGM/PNMnitfnitfnitfNOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set (AVHRR) L1BODBCOGDI BridgeonlineOracle SpatialPCI Geomatics Database File PCIDSKpcpPCRASTER MAPPCXPDSpetPIXpngpngPostGISRadarSat2 XML/ RS2RASrikRaster Matrix Format RSW/MTW/RMFrasters de GRASSRAWRAW; SGIRLCrtewwqsdatSDFSDSshpshpsharpmapshpSIDSITIMslrsolsprSRTMstksubSunSurfer GRDsvgSwedish Grid RIKswqTARGATerraSAR-X Product DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster R Object Data Store Portable Pixmap Format (netpbm)TFWTGAtifftmptsutxtUSGS ASCII DEMUSGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2), NASA Planetary Data System EarthWatch .TIL ERMapper .ers Labelled NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set FIT Image GRIdded Binary (.grb)USGS DOQ (New Style)USGS DOQ (Old Style)USGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED)USGS SDTS DEM (*CATD.DDF) SDTSVICARVirtual Raster GeoTIFF National Imagery Transmission Format Raster Product Format TOC format ECRG TOC format Erdas Imagine ImagesVPFVTP Binary Terrain Format BTwcswebmapwfswgnwmfwmswrlwxdataX11 Pixmap XPMxlsxmlxyz

Costs - Any -FreeFree to try

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MapInfo Professional (Pitney Bowes)

Software type:

Desktop GIS

Costs:

Free to try

Operating System:

Windows

Mapserver (OSGeo)

Software type:

Database/Library

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, MacOSX, Linux, Solaris

Metop ASCAT Soil Moisture Data Viewer (TU Wien)

Software type:

Web processing (cloud computing)

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Online

MICRODEM

Software type:

Crowdsourcing/VGI

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows

Microdem (U.S. Naval Academy)

Software type:

Desktop GIS

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Monteverdi (CNES)

Software type:

Desktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, MacOSX, Linux

MultiSpec

Software type:

Database/Library

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

MultiSpec (Multispectral Image Data Analysis System) (Purdue University)

Software type:

Crowdsourcing/VGI

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, MacOSX

Multispectral Image Analysis on the Cloud (Mort Canty)

Software type:

Web processing (cloud computing)

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

NEST (Next ESA SAR Toolbox) (ESA)

Software type:

Desktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, MacOSX, Linux

Open Jump (JUMP Pilot Project)

Software type:

Desktop GIS

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, MacOSX, Linux

OpenEV (OpenEV developers)

Software type:

Desktop GIS

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, Linux, Solaris

openLISEM (ITC)

Software type:

Crowdsourcing/VGI

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, MacOSX, Linux

Openquake (GEM)

Software type:

Crowdsourcing/VGI

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

OpenStreetMap (OSM Foundation)

Software type:

Crowdsourcing/VGI

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Online

Opticks

Software type:

Desktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, Linux, Solaris

OSSIM

Software type:

Database/Library

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, MacOSX, Linux

Panoply

Software type:

Desktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)

Costs:

Free

Operating System:

Windows, MacOSX, Linux