gis.sig.qc Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Hello friends, I think geospatial software (commercial and free), user cases, and problem solving issues related to people who uses mac as operative system, would worth having. I will list only a few of them (the ones I use or am interested in) to show that out there it might be a potential pool of users interested of what gisarea has to offer: tutorials, software, and solutions based on users' knowledge and experiences. Here is the gis/remote sensing list of software available for mac: qgis saga spatialite grass gis otb/monteverdi2 envi/idl tntmips postgresql/postgis cartographica Usually, installation and troubleshooting of software on mac is quite different than windows, so having a topic forum dedicated to all things mac will help a lot of users. Also, for people that use ArcGIS virtualized on mac (as I do) would be great to have a place to go. Please fell free to share your thoughts! Cheers, GSQ Edited June 29, 2015 by gis.sig.qc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjduplooy Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Hi. I am using OSX for experimenting with GIS. You can add Cartographica to your list as well (commercial). I am using Homebrew for the installations as well as some dmg's. Running LAStools with wine, others natively. Havent tried Arc in a VM yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 okey, more people need for this then I'll discuss this with admin oh for the detail, what you really need? sharing forum for mac or discussion forum for mac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gis.sig.qc Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Hi @Lurker, I guess - for starting - a sharing forum will fulfill most users' needs. Cheers, GSQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dbu Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Sharing and discussed forum for mac...im mac user 5 year ago, and ever have to emigrate all GIS soft from virtual Windows, i tested cartographica and not like me how it manage the data and layout..still new and dummies ....is better QGIS, just that nothing like the loved ArcGIS...regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigears Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I added a little gift for Mac guys in the Software section to get the Mac ball rolling, good luck with your petition! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 what if mac and linux in one place, I feel mac only add little fraction of stuff and besides, mac is *nix variant and for discussion , sub forum already set by gis/rs themes, any idea? simply add mac/nix in each sub forum discussion are ugly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe999 Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Lurker, that is a good idea since there is the ability to run linux software on mac via the use of homebrew or other software. It might also be good to have links demonstrating on how to port the software. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtsini Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Guys just to add to the software list. You can also get Geoserver, postgis,geo webcache and openlayers bundled as part of the boundless opengeo suite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriendemonav Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 you can install Mapinfo only in Mac using Crossover Mac, https://kat.cr/crossover-v14-0-3-macosx-p2p-helg420-t9908751.html Mapinfo Versions 8.0, 8.5, 9.0 and 9.5 works really well under Crossover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 nice info urien, Crossover, hem remember me of Wine in linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intertronic Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 with vmware, you can install arcgis on mac :-) i tried virtualbox as virtualmachine without success (because the virtual graphic card can go up max to 256mb) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 Mac really lack of GIS Support, linux support better than Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahmansunbeam Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 Mac really lack of GIS Support, linux support better than Mac I think mac users are not quite worried. OSGEO.org support mac from the very beginning. Pro users already know a workaround with QGIS and GRASS. CAD users have Autodesk products. Architects, engineers and scientists who use GIS already have their customized mac-native software. Linux users know that whatever happens people will need a linux powered server somewhere to protect their files. Windows .... is pure fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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