Cartographica-GIS Software for Mac OS X

Back when my Mac Mini was the only hardware that I used at home I was searching desperately for GIS software program that could run on my Mac natively without crashing. I tried a few freebies but found them slow, buggy, and lacked the ease of use and features that I was looking for. I don’t quite remember how I heard about Cartographica from a company called ClueTrust. but I got my hands on a beta release at some point and was quite impressed it. Cartographica has matured since my early testing last year and was recently updated to 1.1. It is not free it will cost you $395 (limited time), $495 regular price.  If you do need to work with Geospatial data on your Mac and you don’t have the money or wish to install any of the ESRI software products via Bootcamp and such then look no further.  Cartographica has a nice list of features including shape file and KML import/export and there are instructional videos incase you get stuck. I like the rapid filleting feature and wish this was something that they had in the upcoming ArcGIS 10. Check out the Cartographica blog for sample maps and upcoming features.