The past year has seen considerable increases in the capabilities and user-friendliness of desktop GIS systems -- due mainly to the Pentium chip, higher speeds and 32-bit operating systems. A review ...

Until recently, the term "desktop GIS" meant a system with limited functions running on a personal computer. High-end GIS was found only on workstations. Now these distinctions are beginning to blur.

When desktop GIS was still emerging, platforms like MapInfo-L introduced many organizations to digital spatial analysis for the first time. For teams transitioning from paper maps and manual ...

This article provides an overview of Linux-based tools for Geographic Information Systems (GIS), including a quick take on the ESRI's ArcReader. Future articles will explore this and other individual ...

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jul 12, 2017) - Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced the next generation of its Desktop GIS software with the release of Boundless Desktop 1.1. The update ...

QGIS is an open-source GIS desktop software package. It has many features found in other desktop GIS software, runs on Linux/Unix, MacOS and Windows operating systems, and is available at no cost.

or many years, geographic information systems were centered on desktop applications such as MapInfo-L. The process was straightforward: import spatial layers, adjust symbology, arrange them in order, ...

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware , Feb. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Geographic Information System (GIS) Software Market by Component (Software, ...

Ursa Space Systems, a leading satellite-analytics-as-a-service provider, has announced the release of a Python toolbox for satellite analytic and data ordering within Esri ArcGIS Pro, a full-featured ...

No audio available for this content. Image: Trimble Geospatial Trimble has released the Trimble Terra Office add-in for Esri ArcGIS Pro. The add-in is a part of Trimble’s Terra Office suite of desktop ...