CartoMobile 4+

We've reviewed essentially every mobile GIS app for the iPad, and Cartographic Mobile is hands down the best of the bunch. The capabilities are extensive, the support fantastic, and advanced feature requests are treated seriously. There are a few things that really stand out for us: 1) This app does not require extensive data preparation to load data onto it -- common image (e.g. GeoTIFFs) and vector (e.g. ESRI Shapefiles) formats can simply be dragged to the app via iTunes. This saved us HOURS (and, in some cases, DAYS) of complicated preprocessing to coerce our image formats to some proprietary format that most of the rest of the mobile GIS apps use. We were able to move data from ArcGIS/ENVI right to Cartographica Mobile. 2) The app can support MASSIVE files -- we loaded 45gb of imagery onto our 64gb iPad 2, including a single 10gb GeoTIFF (with BigTIFF tags) image onto the iPad and Cartographic barely blinked when displaying it across multiple resolutions. 3) Support for complex data dictionaries, including time stamps, taking photos which are related to vector features, and lists. 4) (for those of you doing remote sensing) overzooming and no resampling at the highest resolutions -- you can see the individual pixels in the imagery. 5) Fantastic customer support: feature requests, questions about usage, and the occasional bug report are responded to quickly and professionally. 5 stars!

As a real estate executive that is somewhat savvy with technology AND having seen people pursue masters degrees in GIS software from MIT, Cartographica GIS software for the Mac is not only an incredibly user friendly application GIS program, but its the only GIS software I know that started in Mac OS (no hybrid here). Cartographica is a data hounds dream for quickly using and accessing geospatial data without needing to be GIS super savvy (its for those of us that didn't get a Masters degree in GIS but love and enjoy seeing/managing/creating data with a 3rd dimension).

Let's face it, one dimensional data is dead. Geospatial data is power.
NOW, about the mobile version of the software (this app)... its an awesome complement to the desktop in that I can take my data on the road via my iPad (or iPhone) and locate me within my map based data. I've certainly put in both ESRI files (shp) and Cartographica generated files into this mobile app with ease. The app allows for field notes but having Dropbox/Cloud capability for multi-user support would be a plus in future versions.

I'll also say that the Cluetrust Software Development and Support team has offered me great service that is over the top.
I recommend this application AND the desktop software for the Mac as its become a prime application I use now daily.

Absolutely amazing GIS on the iPad. Our company had the need to collect spatial data in remote field locations and CartoMobile totally delivered. We are able to load 30gb of base imagery on our iPads and CartoMobile handles without missing a beat. The ability to create flexible data entry forms on the fly also makes this app truly effective. Thanks a ton and keep up the development. I would recommend this app to anyone doing field work that has a spatial component.