You make some good points, however I want to clarify that the question was about MapInfo vs. ArcINFO (not ArcView)...two very distinct technical and price comparisons. MapInfo Pro and ArcVIEW are roughly the same in price (unless you get into the various add-ons/extensions on av).
Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -----Original Message----- From: HealthMaps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:37 PM To: MapInfo-L E-mail List (E-mail) Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo Not clear that "cheaper" is true. AV doesn't have $600 upgrades every year with not much more than bug and cosmetic fixes. The faster & easier part is true in my view true and it does not crash as often within even 4 orders of magnitude of AV. But if you are really going to do a comparison then do not forget Maptitude, Geomedia, Manifold, etc. R Hoskins Olympia, WA -----Original Message----- From: Will Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:05 PM To: Evan MacDougall; MapInfo-L E-mail List (E-mail) Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo Your questions beg for a lengthy conversation of relative technical capabilities vis-a-vis the work you do with the software. But in a very small nutshell I'd offer than the answer to both (then and now) questions could be summed up as "Faster, easier, and cheaper". If you want some detail backing up of any of those claims drop me a direct line. Cheers. Will Mitchell Mitchell Geographics, Inc. 496 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 www.mitchellgeo.com ph 207.879.7769 fx 207.253.5756 -----Original Message----- From: Evan MacDougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 2:44 PM To: MapInfo-L E-mail List (E-mail) Subject: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo People, Ok, i know this question has been discussed before, but I suddenly have a burning need for more answers. Our company chose to use MapInfo because of some partnerships we had. Now, 4 or 5 years later, and after all the people who made that decision have left the company, I am supposed to be able to say why. So, that leads to my question (2 parts) below. Why would I want to use MapInfo rather than ArcInfo? And the second part of that questions is, why would I have chosen to use MapInfo over ArcInfo 4 or 5 years ago? Much appreciation in advance for any answers to this (2 part) question. -Evan MacDougall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) GIS Supervisor DPSI (formerly ACE USA Flood Services) (310)342-3600 / (800)736-3109 - ext. 3681 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2819 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2820 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2823 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 2824
