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16 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Showing 1–16 of 16

  • Agisoft Metashape logo

    Agisoft Metashape

    Desktop photogrammetry that turns photographs into point clouds, meshes, orthomosaics and DEMs

    From $179 one-off
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    7 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • ArcGIS Survey123 logo

    ArcGIS Survey123

    Form-centric field data collection that writes straight into an ArcGIS organisation

    Pricing not published
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +1
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Correlator3D logo

    Correlator3D

    SimActive photogrammetry with a published price list and a perpetual licence still on sale

    From $295/mo
    • Windows
    5 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Emlid Studio logo

    Emlid Studio

    Free desktop GNSS post-processing that works with other manufacturers' receivers as well as Emlid's

    Free
    • Windows
    • macOS
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Esri ArcGIS logo

    Esri ArcGIS

    Geographic Information System Platform

    Pricing on request
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +2

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • Fused logo

    Fused

    Serverless Python for geospatial: write a UDF, get a map tile endpoint and an HTTP API

    Free plan, then $20/mo
    • Web
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • +1
    9 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Geographic Calculator logo

    Geographic Calculator

    Geodetic coordinate conversion and datum transformation for survey, seismic and pipeline data

    Pricing on request
    • Windows
    • Web
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Global Mapper logo

    Global Mapper

    A GIS and lidar desktop that still sells a genuine perpetual licence with published prices

    From $700 one-off
    • Windows
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • GRASS GIS logo

    GRASS GIS

    Long-running open source geospatial analysis engine for raster, vector and terrain processing

    Free
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • macOS
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Leica Infinity logo

    Leica Infinity

    Office software that combines total station, GNSS, level, UAV and scanner data into one survey project

    Pricing on request
    • Windows
    7 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Lonboard logo

    Lonboard

    Python map rendering in Jupyter that skips GeoJSON and moves millions of features without choking

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    7 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • OsmAnd logo

    OsmAnd

    Open-source map and navigation application based on OpenStreetMap data

    Free plan, then €2.99/mo
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Windows
    • +1

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Potree logo

    Potree

    Open source WebGL viewer for publishing very large point clouds in a browser

    Free
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +1
    5 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Q

    QGIS

    Free, open-source desktop GIS application that supports viewing, editing, and analysis of

    Pricing not published
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux

    3 alternatives · 2 questions answered

  • SAGA GIS logo

    SAGA GIS

    Open source terrain and geoscientific analysis with no vendor and no support contract available

    Free
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • macOS
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • WhiteboxTools logo

    WhiteboxTools

    Open source geospatial analysis engine with several hundred raster, LiDAR and hydrological tools

    Free
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    5 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

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