Recommendations to others considering Maptitude:
Unless you are large company creating GIS shapefile such as utilities, government land departments, etc, and you are predominately a 'user', Maptitude is a very simple easy, but powerful GIS software. I previously worked in a government agency where we had one full time GIS person who used ArcGis. But I could create better and faster maps within Maptitude, and sadly, the GIS person was let go as agency did Maptitude training for all project coordinators and project managers who could then easily do their own maps. Saved agency one full time salary staff, saved time for others, and saved substantial money in software. For most GIS / spatial analysis functions, you don't need the over built ArcGis that requires a degree to operate. Maptitude allows the 'user' to create their maps of their data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What problems is Maptitude solving and how is that benefiting you?
Maptitude has been central to my work in the real estate and property industry for many years. I use it for trade area analysis, site selection, and producing clear, professional maps for client and academic reports. The built‑in trade area tools are especially useful, with options like simple radius rings and drive‑time polygons that make it easy to test different catchment assumptions.
With a bit more skill, it is straightforward to build full retail gravity (Huff model) trade areas and weight them by different factors such as store size or attractiveness. That flexibility has been very helpful when working on real-world retail projects where simple radius analysis is not enough. I have also taught spatial analysis to real estate students at university, and Maptitude was the software used throughout those courses because it balanced ease of use with serious analytical capability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
