Good Morning/Afternoon
If it were me - I would do everything in QGIS. It will be much easier to
work with and you won't have any of the oddness of GRASS - I like GRASS
- but it's not the easiest thing in the world to work with. QGIS also
translates data over to mapinfo very well. You should be able to do
everything in QGIS without programming.
There is a plugin to QGIS for Mapserver - so once the project is set up
You could publish it there. I would try to keep it as simple and as well
documented as possible.
Hope that helps some - yell if you need help
Randy
On 01/04/2013 08:12 AM, Rachel Forrest wrote:
Hi everybody,
I am starting a new project that will use mapping software and consist
of various components, I have been doing research about the best
programme to use, but some advice from someone who has an overview of
all of these programmes would be great. I'm new to mapping, so if
explainations could be pretty straightforward that would be great.
The project will basically involve mapping economic data from a
variety of UK sources in the area that I'm concerned with (the
Highlands and Islands of Scotland). The goal of this project is to
have the maps (with various layers that can be available to all within
the organisation and user friendly) that they automatically update, or
are easy to update. So I was thinking of a web-based application as
the end product, such as Open Layers or Map Server? For the making of
the maps QGIS and getting the data through GRASS GIS. Am I correct in
my thinking that GRASS GIS is the best for getting the data in, and
can access external files? I want to draw together data from various
external sources and from the agency's own external COGNOS system, any
advice with that?
Also, is there any existing data hub that draw together economic,
population data etc for the UK? I know where to go to download the
various bits and pieces I need but if there is any way
to automatically extract the data without manually downloading that
would be great.
The organisation has MapInfo on one computer, I would prefer to use
open source software as skills gained will be more transferable, plus
the only computer is based in another office and is a bit of a pain to
get to.
For me this all seems quite daunting and it doesn't help that I
haven't had any experience with programming languages or mapping about
from quick dabbles. I have a training budget with my placement and
have already been approved to do QGIS training but if anyone can offer
training relating to all the problems and things I have to tie
together for my specific project that would be great and I'm sure we
could get something arranged.
Rachel Forrest
Economics Intelligence Officer
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Cowan House
Inverness Retail and Business Park
Inverness IV2 7GF
+44(0) 1463 244 433
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
www.hie.co.uk <http://www.hie.co.uk/>
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