Commercial GIS Software
ArcGIS 10 - the latest version fo the ESRI GIS software - available at three levels of increasing functionality: ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo. The ArcGIS software package provides advanced spatial data integration and presentation with advanced spatial and statistical analysis.
The following software also support shapefiles:
- ArcView 3.X
- Intergraph GeoMedia
- Maptitude Mapping Software
- MapInfo
- Manifold System
- See Wikipedia's List_of_GIS_software for more packages.
Open-Source GIS Software
Here are links to some open-source GIS software packages that support shapefiles. If you know of other open-source software programs that you'd like us to add to this list, please send an email to nhgis@umn.edu.
