Once you get to know them intimately, I think you will find that both programs are really, really terrible.
You probably went with MapInfo because 4 or 5 years ago ESRI had no application development environment to speak of. Digitizing, editing and referencing scanned images (common flood applications), are much easier in MapInfo. If you are a partner, you probably have lots of people using it. Training is much easier with MapInfo. And as some have alluded to, the institute of environmental research systems breeds a very strange culture that seems to be a mix of academic allergies to applied science and the pompousness of health food store employees- turns off realtors really quickly. I would definitely put that last line in your report. I assume you aren't modeling flood inundation zones, or you would have went with ESRI. FEMA had a huge contract with MapInfo and switched to ESRI for the flood model because MapInfo could not perform some very simple GIS operations. -----Original Message----- From: Evan MacDougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:44 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: 2835
