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 (shp, kml, csv, etc.)

- 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)GeoTIFFgifGINIgisgffgis2gbGMLGPXGRASSgrdgrdGRIBgrngwGXFhdfhdfhdfhdfhdrhdrhdrHEC-2HEC-DSSHEC-RASHGThmdhruhtmlicoILWIS Raster Map MPR MPLimgimgimgimgJapanese DEM JDEM MEMJFIFjp2jp2jp2jp2jpegjpegj2kkmlkmlkmzlanLASlcpLGSOWGMacSADIEmapMDBmemMeteosat 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

Title

Hazard

- Any -Forest FireInsect InfestationLandslideNear-Earth ObjectsSevere StormVolcanic EruptionEarthquakeEpidemicExtreme TemperatureFloodGlacial Lake OutburstSpace WeatherDroughtHarmful Algal BloomMass MovementSubsidenceTsunamiBiologicalClimatologicalGeophysicalHydrologicalMeteorologicalExtraterrestrialPollution

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ACOLITE

Software type: Desktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, MacOSX, Linux

BEAM raster toolbox (ESA)

Software type: Desktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)
Costs: Free

BRAT Basic Radar Altimetry Toolbox (ESA, CNES)

Software type: Desktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, MacOSX, Linux

Earth Data EOSDIS (NASA)

Software type: Web processing (cloud computing)
Costs: Free
Operating System: Online

ENVI (Exelis)

Software type: Desktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)
Costs: Free to try

Flow-R (Flow path assessment of gravitational hazards at a Regional scale) (UNIL)

Software type: Tool/Converter
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, Linux

Free on-line GIS data format and coordinates converter (MyGeodata)

Software type: Tool/Converter
Costs: Free
Operating System: Online

GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (OSGeo)

Software type: Database/Library
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, MacOSX, Linux, Solaris

GLaSS - Global Lakes Sentinel Services

Software type: Tool/Converter
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, MacOSX, Linux

GUT (The GOCE User Toolbox)(ESA)

Software type: Desktop GIS
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, Linux

HDF Explorer (The HDF Group)

Software type: Desktop image processing (remote sensing software - raster data)
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows

IDV Integrated Data Viewer (unidata)

Software type: Desktop GIS
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, MacOSX, UNIX

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

Software type: Crowdsourcing/VGI
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, MacOSX

OpenEV (OpenEV developers)

Software type: Desktop GIS
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, Linux, Solaris

Python

Software type: Crowdsourcing/VGI
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, MacOSX, Linux

RStudio

Software type: Crowdsourcing/VGI
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, MacOSX, Linux, UNIX

SeaDAS

Software type: Desktop GIS
Costs: Free
Operating System: Windows, MacOSX, Linux