The Map Library routinely updates it's recommended list of GIS software for its users. The most recent addition is the open source product MapWindows GIS.
From the website : http://www.mapwindow.com/
MapWindow GIS 4.0 Open Source Software
The MapWindow application is a free, extensible, geographic information system (GIS) that can be used in many ways:
As an alternative desktop GIS
To distribute data to others
To develop and distribute custom spatial data analyses
MapWinGIS ActiveX Control
At the core of the MapWindow application is the MapWinGIS ActiveX control. Using this control, you can program custom mapping functionality directly into your own software.
Open source component (free distribution)
Complete GIS API for shapefile and grid data
Many built in GIS functions
MapWindow includes standard GIS data visualization features as well as DBF attribute table editing, shapefile editing, and grid importing and conversion.
MapWinGIS ActiveX includes a GIS API for shapefile and grid data with many built in GIS functions.
The Map Library has updated its Recommended Software guide at :
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/locations/umd/digital/gissoftware.html
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