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Global Mapper vs PostGIS

A side-by-side look at Global Mapper and PostGIS. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Global Mapper

Global Mapper

Office & Productivity

Global Mapper is a versatile GIS (Geographic Information System) software application used for viewing, editing, analyzing, and converting geospatial data. It supports a wide range of raster and vector data formats allowing easy integration of spatial data.

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PostGIS

PostGIS

Development

PostGIS is an open source spatial database extender for PostgreSQL. It adds support for geographic objects, allowing location queries to be run in SQL. PostGIS enables PostgreSQL to store, query, and manipulate spatial data efficiently.

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