GIS software
Arguably any software which works with map data can be called GIS software, but the term is often associated with a breed of powerful "traditional" software packages, running as desktop applications, with rich mature feature sets which have been around long before OpenStreetMap existed (also see Wikipedia about "GIS applications"). Many are proprietary, closed source, and quite expensive. Often they prefer to operate with data in a proprietary data formats, but some formats have gained widespread support, for example ESRI Shapefiles and PostGIS databases.
Data Formats
Most GIS software applications utilize spatial data formats other than the .osm or .pbf file types planet files are provided in. There is an abundance of tools available to convert map data between formats. Tools such as Overpass can quickly create data files to be used in GIS software.
Some GIS software have plugins or tools available for working with OpenStreetMap (ex: ArcGIS Editor for OSM, QGIS#OpenStreetMap in QGIS). OpenStreetMap raster tiles and WMS servers are available for use as basemaps in some GIS software.
Open Source GIS software
- QGIS (previously: Quantum GIS) ([1]) OSM plugins for importing.
- Mergin Maps ([2]) Capturing geospatial data easily through your mobile or tablet
- GRASS GIS ([3])
- gvSIG Desktop ([4])
- OpenJUMP ([5])
- MapWindow GIS [6]
- udig [7]
- SAGA GIS [8]
Proprietary GIS software
- ArcGIS: Esri hosts the ArcGIS Editor for OSM [9], an open source extension to ArcGIS for downloading data from OSM into ArcGIS and supporting contributions back to OSM.
- MapInfo Some options for converting OSM to MapInfo Interchange Format (MIF). Also MID. Supports TileServers from 10.5 onward. 11.0 Premium includes access to Bing and OSM Tiles.
- FME - is an ETL for GIS data file storage (DB file) not a GIS software editor that supports reading OSM xml data (.osm) since build 5589 in 2009
- Smallworld (gepower.com) - Used a lot by utilities companies
- EOS Landviewer - your online GIS-assistant that allows for on-the-fly searching, processing and getting valuable insights from satellite data to tackle real business issues.
- Maptitude Can import, edit, and export OSM data to many other formats. Also supports TileServers and OSM Tiles from version 2014 onward. [10]
- Manifold Gis System - Supports importing only from server osm data in raster [11] and vector [12] format since 2009. This data is not accessed directly as a raster or vector format, it is accessible using an object/gui API. Thus the vector data is stored in drawing object and raster to Image Object [13].Manifold could be used as an ETL like FME.
See also
External links
- w:List of geographic information systems software - more complete list
- w:Comparison of geographic information systems software - more precise comparison