I would agree with Paul. The biggest hole in the FOSS stack is in easy, high quality printed map production. This is the one task where the Arc tools beat anything I have seen in FOSS GIS hands down.
David On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Paul Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd buck up for a copy of ArcView (much cheaper than ArcGIS), and use > GRASS / PostGIS / etc tools for things like analysis. You can use > ArcView to generate the paper and do some quick low-end analytics and > the other tools for more involved stuff. > > My general synopsis: for server-side, for scriptability, for > automation, for web-based, open source wins for most use cases, given > a technically savvy user; for ad hoc, for cartographic production, for > a user who is used to a point-n-click experience end to end, > proprietary still wins. > > This equation hasn't changed much in the 10 years I've been running > it. The goal posts have moved, open source is better at adhoc now than > before, but still not at the level of ESRI, and ESRI is better at the > server stuff now, but still not at the level of open source. > > P. > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Jennifer Horsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The thread that was started today with the subject "Your open source > career" > > got me thinking about asking a question that has been rolling around in > my > > head. This is pointed at those people who have experience with ESRI > products > > as well as OS GIS products. > > > > I have been a long-time user of ESRI products, but I want to start my > own > > contract business and will not be able to afford the license for > > ArcGIS/ArcInfo. So I recently set up a Linux box with GRASS installed, > but > > it has been over 10 years since I have used GRASS (it has probably > changed > > since then too!) > > > > Does GRASS have the same analysis and display capabilities as ArcGIS? I > > know this is a very general question, so perhaps another question would > be > > where does GRASS fall short and where does it excel in comparison to the > > ESRI products? > > > > Thanks, > > Jennifer > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- ************************************ David William Bitner
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