YES
I believe all MI users who have had a opportunity t o work with AV
can say that they both have advantages. Funny though MI has not picked up
on that and made the changes that would help influence upgrade buyers.
We use both as well and I wonder whether I am wasting my money on upgrades.
MArlow
Cornerstone GEOSystems
Calgary AB
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Glazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Donna Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 6:32 AM
Subject: MI AND AV in the same office?
>
>
> Donna,
>
> May I ask why you find it necessary to use both AV and MI in your office?
The
> reason I ask is that I've been using MI Pro 5.0 for about 9 months but
found
> that I was being asked to run analyses that I wasn't capable of doing with
out
> of the box MI. These analyses involve patient accessibility to our
provider
> network i.e. how many providers are within how many miles of particular
> patients. I looked for a cost effective extension for MI but couldn't find
any
> that met my needs and I have no experience programming (although I am
trying to
> pick it up). I was able however to get a good deal on an extension to AV
that
> did exactly what I needed (Patient Access).
>
> To make a long story short I am using MI Pro for 90% of my mapping and AV
for
> the other 10%. Note that we have 5 licenses for MI but I do 99% of the GIS
work.
> But, I've begun to wonder whether it makes sense to have both packages. It
seems
> like having Word and Wordperfect on the same machine.
>
> We will begin to assemble our wish lists for the 2001 budget soon and I've
been
> asked to outline our GIS needs. So, I'm struggling with: a) Keeping both
> packages on my machine and MI on everyone else's. b) Converting everyone
to AV.
> or, c) Staying with MI and learning to program for my particular needs
(kind of
> a painful approach after selling the idea of purchasing AV). Mixing the
two
> systems means purchasing data for both systems (primarily streets for
geocoding
> or MapMarker updates with occassional ZIP boundary updates).
>
> To further cloud the process I find particularly favorible attributes in
each
> package. And in fact lean towards continuing to use each as the particular
job
> warrants.
>
> I assumed until just recently that a person used one or the other but not
> necessarily both. Would you mind sharing your thoughts?
>
> I posed a similar question to Tony D. as he has experience with both
packages
> and recieved a great reply . I'm not so interested in MI vs. AV now but in
> whether using both in the same department is in fact not so uncommon.
>
> I apologize for the long winded question and will submit it to the list to
avoid
> asking it again.
>
> Rob Glazier, Market Analyst
> Aurora Health Care
> Milwaukee, WI
>
>
>
>
>
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