1. Identify three open source GIS software and discuss each software’s feature?

What makes
each unique(different from the other)?

1. GRASS

GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) was developed by the US Army

Corps of Engineers as a tool for land management and environmental planning.It has evolved

into a free GIS software option for different areas of study. Academia, environment consultants,

and government agencies (NASA, NOAA, USDA, and USGS) use GRASS GIS because of its

intuitive GUI and its reliability.It has over 350 rock-solid vector and raster manipulation tools.

Not awfully useful in cartographic design, GRASS GIS excels primarily as a free GIS software

option for analysis, image processing, digital terrain manipulation, and statistics.

2,QGIS

QGIS (previously known as Quantum GIS) is a free and open Source cross platform. desktop

Geographical Information System (GIS) software, allowing users to analyze and edit spatial.

information, in addition to composing and exporting graphical maps. QGIS supports both Raster

and Vector layers

2. Discus the main advantage and disadvantages of using the most popular ESRI products ArcGIS

software's;and Open source software's such as ILWIS/QGIS.