Comments on: 30 Best GIS Software Applications [Rankings]

By: Hannah Mbelele

Hannah Mbelele — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:37:27 +0000

very simple and straight forward information

By: Dezhan

Dezhan — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 03:31:47 +0000

I would definitely add Maply into the list. It has been recognized as one of the Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies for 2024 by Geoawesome!

https://maply.com

By: Nelson

Nelson — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:51:41 +0000

I would suggest to add IGiS Desktop here in this list, it’s one of the top GIS software.

https://www.sgligis.com/

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:00:57 +0000

In reply to Norha. That would take ages to answer. You'll need to be more specific about your retirements. You can do a lot with gvSIG, and it's free to use. If suggest trying it and seeing if you need more. Then try QGIS. Qgis has a benefit , for me, that it is widely used and you can usually find online examples etc.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 08:50:00 +0000

In reply to GISGeography. It depends on what you want to do. GiS is a huge field. Do you just want dots on a map, or so you want to so spatial analysis? Qgis covers a lot of areas, cartography and analysis, and also has nice reporting features, but ArcGIS has some advanced analysis tools, like emerging hotspot analysis. I also use Geoda for exploring data. If you Google spatial analysis and police, you'll see that non-GIS programs have been developed like CAST, Satscan crimestat, that might help. Your IT department might be squeamish about open source/free in which case ArcGIS would be my choice, but then I've not had experience of a recent version of mapinfo. Cadcorp SIS is also popular with police, but I don't find it as intuitive being a long term Arc/Qgis/Mapinfo user.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:41:54 +0000

And Supermap? They are the biggest GIS software in Asia.

By: Reto

Reto — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:37:28 +0000

for utilities, SAMO LIDS is a very good alternative to GE Smallworld, as it is much more flexible and open to user extensions.

By: GISGeography

GISGeography — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 01:47:14 +0000

In reply to Godwin. I'll try to write an article on this. What are some of the things you'd like to do using a GIS? That could help provide some context for what to write.

By: Godwin

Godwin — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:39:45 +0000

Thanks for the information. But which of this software is the best for Police

By: Oduwegwu Obianinulu

Oduwegwu Obianinulu — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:35:08 +0000

I am a Surveyor, I use mostly ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Destop and QGIS 3 & 2