Dear Friends, I while ago I found this PPT and I share with you this quote from Ron Briggs from UT Dallas; I guess this is a bit old probably from 1996 but thought might be of your interest
The Religious Tenets of GIS ArcInfo is the only true GIS Intergraph is the only used GIS MAPINFO is the only useable GIS In my GIS life experience I've used GenaMap (good product), Bentley GeoGraphics (awful) and then I came across MapInfo and would never change it; right now I am working in ArcGis 8 because my client wants it like that, and I can say that MapInfo is a MUCH better tool. ¡Saludos! / Greetings! Juan José Del Toro Madrueño [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guadalajara, Jalisco MÉXICO 01-33-3171-0896 MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype jdeltoro1973 N 20° 40 33.95 W 103° 26 39.47 -----Mensaje original----- De: Dan Borman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: Jueves, 22 de Septiembre de 2005 03:58 p.m. Para: Apers Mathieu; [email protected] Asunto: RE: MI-L MapInfo v ArcGis I work with both on a daily basis, and am a fan of both. On the whole I would conclude simply that MapInfo is better for some things but ArcGIS definitely has the lead in other ways. ArcGIS pre version 9.1 was a bit flaky, but the latest offering is much improved, particularly if you do any sort of spatial analysis. Many annoyingly unavailable tools have been added at this release and are available via the toolbox or Model Builder which is a great tool. The geoprocessing framework also seems to have been revamped as the performance of many spatial operations seems to be much improved. For ease of use, flexibility of querying and rapidly producing decent looking cartographic outputs, MapInfo still has it for me. That's my ten cents worth. Cheers Dan -----Original Message----- From: Apers Mathieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 23 September 2005 8:25 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo v ArcGis I'm watching this debate with avid interest as our company is moving back to ArcGIS after 3 years with Mapinfo. I've not used ArcGIS and am wondering what the Ubermanagers have gotten us into... Keep the feedback coming! Cheers Mathieu Apers Mapping Co-ordinator Letterbox Channel "Opportunity doesn't even have to knock - my door is always open" -----Original Message----- From: Lars Nielsen (GisPro) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2005 6:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: MI-L MapInfo v ArcGis Personally I believe there are two points strongly in favor of ArcGIS - ModelBuilder and Data Interoperability. MapInfo has nothing like this. ModelBuilder is an intuitive graphic environment, that enables ordinary user to store entire work flows, make them into handy tools ("black boxes"), and exchange such tools with other users. And ModelBuilder also allows for easy Python scripting. Data Interoperability is like having FME embedded inside the GIS package, i.e. open almost any format on-the-fly without offline conversion (like UT, and also shape). But I agree that ArcGIS has a much higher price tag, which counts heavily in MapInfo's favor. And MapInfo may be easier to use for a common user, although that's often not measureable in any objective way. Sorry for the dissent with the common sentiments on the list :-) Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Lars Nielsen GisPro, Denmark http://www.gispro.dk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nabors, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:04 PM Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo v ArcGis > No 10 point bullets. We were moving off of ArcView after 10 years and > looked at both ArcGIS and MapInfo. We looked at 3 time cost parameters. > Development, stability and performance. MapInfo won on all 3 counts. > Ease of development was a landslide. So was stability. On > performance, there are some things ArcGis does better/faster/easier > but they were too few to tip the scales of even an "honorable mention" > in an overall performance comparison. > > Licensing cost was a very lightly weighted 4rth parameter. > > The result: We're now on MapInfo. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Rideout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: MI-L MapInfo v ArcGis > > Dear All, > > You are all a bit partisan I am sure but has anyone got say 10 bullet > points on the pros and cons of MapInfo 8 v ArcGIS 9? > > Personally I would say MapInfo is more MS Office / Windows friendly, > more suited to the non GIS person who wants to do maps, more business > orientated (analyse your sales), less technical, while Arc is more > specialist, more for the techy, has more (costly) extensions, etc. > > Thanks in advance, > > Tim > > > > Dr Tim Rideout > Director > > The XYZ Digital Map Company > Unit 9 Phase 2 Hardengreen Business Park Dalhousie Road Dalkeith > Scotland EH22 3NX > > Tel +44 131 454 0426 > > Fax +44 131 454 0443 > > Mobile + 44 7766 825937 > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned by MCI/MessageLabs Managed Email Service. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 17971 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17974 This email with any attachments is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If it is not intended for you please reply immediately, destroy it and do not copy, disclose or use it in any way. --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17986 ********************************************************************** This email is not an official statement of Environment Waikato unless otherwise stated. Visit our website http://www.ew.govt.nz ********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17987 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17988
