What is Global Mapper?
Global Mapper by Blue Marble Geographics is a desktop GIS known for reading hundreds of data formats, terrain and lidar processing, and a lower price than enterprise GIS.
Paid
Global Mapper
Affordable desktop GIS with strong format support and terrain tools
Key features
- Hundreds of supported formats
- Terrain and contour generation
- Lidar module
- Digitising and analysis
Pricing
- Model
- Paid
- Starts at
- See website
- Free tier
- Free trial
Prices change often. Check the official pricing page before you buy.
Licensing & map usage
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