Short answer - Our GIS Group uses both, and I think it is not uncommon at
all.
Will Mitchell
GIS Manager
The Environmental Company, Inc.
2496 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22905
ph 804.295.4446
fx 804.295.4435
http://www.tecinc.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Glazier [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:33 AM
> To: Donna Glover; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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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