Open Source GIS Software

Import in Blender most commons GIS data format, Shapefile vector, raster image, geotiff DEM, OpenStreetMap XML. There are a lot of possibilities to create a 3D terrain from geographic data with BlenderGIS, check the Flowchart to have an overview. Display dynamics web maps inside Blender 3d view, requests for OpenStreetMap data (buildings, roads, etc.), get true elevation data from the NASA SRTM mission. Manage georeferencing information of a scene, compute a terrain mesh by Delaunay triangulation, drop objects on a terrain mesh, make terrain analysis using shader nodes, set up new cameras from geotagged photos, set up a camera to render with Blender a new georeferenced raster.

GeoTools is an open source (LGPL) Java code library which provides standards compliant methods for the manipulation of geospatial data. GeoTools is an Open Source Geospatial Foundation project. The GeoTools library data structures are based on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications.

NASA World Wind is a graphically rich 3D virtual globe for use on desktop computers running Windows. It combines NASA imagery generated from satellites that have produced Blue Marble, Landsat 7, SRTM, MODIS and more.

Automatically geocode pictures from your camera and a GPS track log. Following Google code closure the only official webpage is (doc, support, code) : https://github.com/notfrancois/GPicSync

An offline map viewer for the Desktop based on OsmAnd.

The Orfeo Toolbox is a C++ library for high resolution remote sensing image processing. It is developped by CNES in the frame of the ORFEO program. More information is available at www.orfeo-toolbox.org It is based on the medical image processing library ITK and offers particular functionalities for remote sensing image processing in general and for high spatial resolution images in particular. Targeted algorithms for high resolution optical images (SPOT, Quickbird, Worldview, Landsat, Ikonos), hyperspectral sensors (Hyperion) or SAR (TerraSarX, ERS, Palsar) are available. Orfeo ToolBox has three main access depending on the category of user: write processing chains in C++ using existing filters or creating new ones, use the OTB applications, which is a plugin-based framework allowing to extend high-level processing chains from various environment ( command-line, QT, QGis, Python....) or use Monteverdi, a software for everyday life image manipulation and analysis.

Geoblock is a program for 3D modeling, database management and visualization of geoscience datasets. It is developed for mineral deposit exploration, ore reserve estimation, mine planning and simulating geotechnical processes in mine sites.

GpsPrune is a java application to view and manage coordinate data, eg from GPS units. With it you can load a variety of text and Xml formats, view the data (in 2d and 3d), edit and convert the data, correlate photos and audio, create charts and more.

EPSILON is a powerful Open Source wavelet image compressor. The project is aimed on parallel and robust image processing.

Earth3D is a program to display the earth as a 3D globe (including heightfields) in real-time. One can zoom until cities become visible. It uses huge datasets that are loaded on demand over the internet. It is possible to embed dynamic data into the view

Ycad is a library of CAD functions in Java. Currently only DXF is supported for reading, viewing and writing. The DXF drawing may be rendered to a Graphics object for printing or imaging.

A C library for reading and writing BSB format image files. Typically used for nautical charts, BSB image files use the .KAP extension and store cartographic information in addition to a run-length encoded raster image. Includes bsb2tif & tif2bsb tools.

GEOMS2 is a geostatistics and geosciences modeling software. Provides interface for grid (mesh), point, surface and data (non-spatial) objects. It has a 3D viewer and 2D plots using the well known Python engines Mayavi and Matplotlib. It has several functions to manipulate your data as well as provide univariate and multivariate analysis. NOTE: The software is still an early beta. Please tell us if you found a bug. Download datasets for students of Geostatistics 2017 (Petroleum Engineering): https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoms2/files/Geostatistics_Petroleum.zip/download Download datasets for students of Geostatistics 2017 (Geology and Mining Engineering): https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoms2/files/Geostatistics_Mining.zip/download Old: http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoms2/files/SETS_geoestatistica2_2015.7z/download https://sites.google.com/site/cmrpsoftware/downloads/Quarry_sets.7z?attredirects=0&d=1 http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoms2/files/Mining.7z/download

topography oriented GIS for cadastre maintenance fully configurable and totally autonomous (can be transfered to USB key) .

Mapyrus is software to plot Geographic Information System data to PostScript, PDF, SVG and web image files. Mapyrus combines a BASIC-like scripting language, reading GIS datasets and running as either a utility program, a Java Servlet, or as a webser

NaviPOWM is planned to be a car navigation system capable of running on a variety of operating systems. Only OSM based map data is supported. Realtime routing engine is planned in a later version. Geocaching and city guide functionality are also planned.

EcoMod is an OpenGL application for 3D modelling, simulation and visualization of ecosystems. Trees are modelled and used within simulation to render the emerging natural phenomena of spontaneous afforestation process. Multidisciplinary.

Preparation of GPS routes and analysis of GPS logs in the context of outdoor sports (biking, skiing, trecking, gliding, geocaching, mountaineering). Our hope is to have a multi platform, multi GPS file and map format software.

Shape.Net is a .Net forms custom control for the reading and display of ESRI Shapefiles.

GeOxygene aims at providing an open framework which implements OGC/ISO specifications for the development and deployment of geographic (GIS) applications. It is a open source contribution of the COGIT lab. at the IGN (the French National Mapping Agency).

RAT is a software for advanced image processing of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) remote sensing data.

GPSdings (project name GPStools) is a set of free applications that let you manipulate and analyse GPS data from the command line.

surfit is an open source and free gridding and contouring software. surfit can do interpolation/approximation of points, contours and surfaces, can take fault lines and trend surfaces into account, can use inequalities and other conditions. Supports a lo

A Java application to request calibrated raster maps from compatible web based map servers, and then save the maps in OziExplorer (.map) format.

Source code in C# for wrapper classes for ShapeLib.dll (http://shapelib.maptools.org): a library for reading and writing shape files ( shp shx and dbf).