Best GIS Software 2026

uDig is a desktop GIS application framework for spatial data and services, with support for plug-ins.

Google Earth Pro is desktop globe software with satellite imagery, 3D terrain, historical imagery, and GIS data import.

Manifold GIS Release 9 is Windows GIS software for spatial analysis, ETL, database, and data science work.

kepler.gl is browser-based software for visualizing and analyzing large-scale location data.

swisslandstats-geopy is a Python package for loading Swiss GEOSTAT data into pandas dataframes.

wdpar is an R package for downloading and cleaning protected-area data from Protected Planet.

TreePlotter is web GIS software for urban tree inventories, parks, and related assets.

SSN2 is an R package for statistical modeling and prediction on stream networks.

Cadcorp SIS Desktop is Windows GIS software for creating, managing, analyzing, and mapping geographic information.

ArcGIS Hub is a web and API platform from Esri.