Hola Manuel, May be this could be of some help: http://2010.foss4g.org/papers/4181.pdf
All 4 programs you mention are very good, difficult to provide more advice unless you define your particular application better. In any case, I bet you will end up using several packages. After all, you cannot make a Louis XIV chair with just a hammer and a screwdriver! Suerte! Agus 2010/9/17 Manuel Spínola <mspinol...@gmail.com>: > Dear list members, > > I am an ecologist interested in spatial and landscape ecology and a user of > ArcView 3.3 with little experience in ArcGis but I would like to migrate to > an open source GIS with an interface with R. > I know that there are several options: QGIS, SAGA, GRASS, Illwis. > > What will be the best option of these or other alternatives? > > Best, > > Manuel > > -- > Manuel Spínola, Ph.D. > Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre > Universidad Nacional > Apartado 1350-3000 > Heredia > COSTA RICA > mspin...@una.ac.cr > mspinol...@gmail.com > Teléfono: (506) 2277-3598 > Fax: (506) 2237-7036 > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-Geo mailing list > R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo