Paolo, Among the things that QGIS (and other open source desktops) can't do are a table join, a spatial join, high quality paper output, and symbolized thematic mapping. Particular drawbacks of QGIS include the single-threaded user interface model (ui locks during render, making work with large files very stop-n-go) and relatively simple editing tools.
I think it's contingent on us as evangelizers to not over-sell. I would not recommend QGIS or any other open source desktop to someone whose prior experience was Arc* until I had a clear understanding of the use case. In response to the query "can I replace ArcView with open source", my answer is "in general, no, but maybe for a specific use case". P. On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Paolo Cavallini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Ramsey ha scritto: > > > 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. > > A reasonably good replacement for ArcView is also QGIS (which integrates > nicely with GRASS, btw). > pc > -- > Paolo Cavallini, see: http://www.faunalia.it/pc > Noi ci troviamo con parecchie difficoltà con NGI http://www.ngi.it/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss