- ENVI and IDL - EXELIS Visual Information Systems
- ERDAS, Inc. - ERDAS Imagine and ERMapper
- ESRI - ArcGIS, Arc/Info and ArcView GIS
- IDRISI - GIS and image processing by Clark University
- Matlab - MathWorks data analysis and visualization software
- Timesat - Time-series analysis software - requires Matlab
- R statistics software - The R Project
- Fragstats - Landsacape metrics program - requires ArcGIS
- Patch Analyst - Spatial analysis of landscape patches
- MapInfo - Map Database Software
- MicroImages - TNTmips Spatial Data Analysis software and free TNTlite
Free geospatial software
- Bilko - A remote sensing program by UNESCO
- Q-GIS - The Quatum GIS project is an open source (free) GIS software
- TatukGIS - GIS viewer and free coordinate conversion calculator. Also a GIS editor, SDK, and internet server
- DIVA GIS - A GIS program for the analysis of biodiversity data
- Dinamica - Landscape dynamics modeling software
- DNRGPS - Transfer data between Garmin GPS and GIS software by the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources