SAGA GIS Pros and Cons

The ease with which one can perform geospatial data analysis on variable projection systems and represent data using a very user-friendly GUI where you can open multiple windows at once are some of the best features of SAGA GIS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes integrating with external software like QGIS causes some inconvenience, but nothing that cannot be sorted out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAGA GIS is an open-source software used for geospatial technology.

SAGA GIS has various ready-to-use tools such as terrain analysis, hydrology analysis, fire spread analysis, etc.

SAGA GIS has a GUI software application as well as a Python API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAGA GIS does not efficiently handle big data.

SAGA GIS needs advanced tools for digital image processing and to create 3D maps.

SAGA GIS does not work with iOS Operating System. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The amount of features available is enormous, you can use raster and spatial information from many formats, like the common shapefile, or even .tab files or files from Grass or similar software, you can open virtually any type of raster image, no matter the extension or the data, you have hundreds of options to visualize your data together or individually, the software runs smooth and the interphase is nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only issue using SAGA is that every feature is open individually and that can be a little annoying if you need to see for sample an attribute table and at the same time the spatial features, in SAGA you cannot do this, every feature of the file has to be open in a new window. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although I am not a specialist in the area, in a short time I learned to use many of its modules, which means that it is a very intuitive tool and easy to learn to use, the graphic output of the vectors impressed me, this software has a great capacity to handle large volumes of information and vectors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the modules of spatial analysis are the ones that cost me the most to learn, sometimes many steps must be taken to be able to combine the variables that we want to study, so for future versions I would expect that all these steps could be simplified and I would add an export module to a greater number of vector format Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a very stable and easy to use software, it has all the basic tools that a professional geographic information system must have, the spatial analysis tools are very fast and compatible with the basic database formats, its open source code allows improvements to the program, a strong point to highlight are the vectorization tools and the layer control panel, they are intuitive and easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is necessary to incorporate a greater number of compatible formats into the Software, it is essential to add a module to import files from other platforms, another point that should be improved is the printing tray, it is a bit inconvenient to use, georeferencing is a procedure that should be improved For future versions, it is important to simplify this procedure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is free and offer to you a huge amount of feature to work, you can work with data from SQL, OBDC or Postgret, so you can add a lot of attribute and information to your shapefiles using SAGA, besides you can manage a lot of formats, like raster, shapefiles, grid, DEM, tables and more, making the work easier and faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interphase can be quite annonying, because every single element that you add to your workspace appears separately, so if you want to edit for example an attribute table and watch the shapefile, you have to jump from a square to another to see the results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The advance of Geographical Information Systems has its maximum expression with this program, which is an improvement in relation to those already existing in the market, it is easy to use and the product that is obtained is of great quality and that is the most important, this tool has many functions and easily adapt to the demands or what we are looking for, in general lines is an excellent option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

To be able to use this tool it is necessary to have previous knowledge because otherwise it is a bit difficult to use them, however it is an excellent option to update the geographic information systems, the range of options they have are really very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can manage a lot of information simultaneously, because every feature of your shapefile is open separately, so you can see the data, the draw and the tables and you can modify and analyze your data at the same time, besides you can open a lot of extension like shapfiles, TIN, terrain and raster files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really do not have any complain about this software because it can be as good as a private one is, you can do a lot of things and the results are awesome, maybe the interphase is a little a outdated but that is a minor issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SAGA saves equipment resources focusing its effort on data processing and not on visualization with a high level of aesthetics, allows QGIS to be used as a visualizer of the results of the processes and allows the user the possibility of obtaining a product . Graphic printing of higher quality.

You can analyze areal and satellite picture .SAGA GIS is free software with a lot of tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it is necessary to devote a little more to the development of the data loading interface, explanation of the method and other things that contribute to the learning of new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Comparison with other GIS this can be use easily, you just need to open the software and immediately you have a menu that allows you to open shapefiles, tables, projects, TIN, raster and many other formats, in other softwares this process can be difficult and annoying, and after you open your file you can enjoy all the tools that SAGA offers to you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be difficult to use in the beginning because unlike other software that manage all the elements in the same screen, in SAGA is different, because every element that you open or add to your workspace is represent in a small square on the screen and that can be difficult to use if you to analyze a lot of elements simultaneously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.