GIS Software

Proprietary software

The University of South Africa procured ArcGIS Pro software licenses

Please check that your computer meets the ArcGIS Pro 3.0 system requirements  before downloading and installing the software.

Only Unisa staff members, PhD and MSc students may request an ArcGIS Pro License. You will not be able to run the software without a license. Please follow the link to complete the request form.

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 Open-source software

Learn everything you need to know about open-source software from the OSGEO website: https://www.osgeo.org/projects/osgeo4w/

Links to some popular open-source GIS software:

• QGIS (including GRASS): https://www.qgis.org/en/site/

QGIS is used to create, edit, visualise, analyse and publish geospatial information on Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD and mobile device.

• QField: https://www.qfield.org/

QField is used to streamline your fieldwork processes and improve productivity. QField works seamlessly with QGIS, providing a complete solution for all your fieldwork needs.

• DIVA-GIS: https://diva-gis.org/

 DIVA-GIS is a free computer program for mapping and geographic data analysis and is particularly useful for mapping and analyzing biodiversity data, such as the distribution of species, or other 'point-distributions'.

• SAGAGIS: https://saga-gis.sourceforge.io/en/index.html

SAGA has been designed for an easy and effective implementation of spatial algorithms and works in Windows and Linux operating systems

• R: https://www.r-project.org/

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, often used in conjunction with opens source GIS software

• Flowmap: http://flowmap.geo.uu.nl/index.php

Flowmap is a software package dedicated to analyzing and displaying interaction or flow data for example, accessibility analysis.