Landon Blake wrote: > I’ve got a small sanitary district that has asked my company for > assistance with implementing a GIS. Unfortunately I won’t be able to > utilize open source GIS programs that I work with on this project, or at > least not as extensively as I would like to. So I am currently > considering alternatives. I know most people use ESRI software, but if I > can’t use open source I’d like to give the little guy a chance. > > Do any wankers have experience with MapInfo? How does it measure up > against the “light” version of ESRI’s ArcView? How would it compare to a > program like QGIS or OpenJUMP?
Landon, I don't think many people would consider MapInfo a "little guy" in the GIS market, though they aren't in the dominant position of ESRI. I'm not sure what is driving your selection criteria for software. If it isn't price, then "use what you know" even if it is ESRI might be wise. If price is an issue, then you might contemplate something like Manifold. But if you can't use QGIS, etc, then there must presumably be some particular feature set driving things (I'd hope!) so not expressing that makes it hard to evaluate. I will say that MapInfo is a major desktop GIS package and in recent years has addressed use of spatial databases as the backend fairly seriously. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
