On 26.04.2008 08:44, Cameron Shorter wrote:
Ravi,
What us Open Source evangelists are missing is an honest comparison
between ESRI desktop applications and Open Source equivalents.
This has been done somewhat. You might find it interesting reading.
--Wolf
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Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS
Tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?]
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:13:49 +0200
From: Markus Metz
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Todd Buchanan compared GRASS and ArcGIS in his master thesis (Geoscience
/ GIS):
Title: Thesis – Comparison of ArcGIS 9.0 and GRASS 6.0: Case Study and
Implementation.
· Detailed costs and benefits of each GIS and included a
comparison of acquisition, installation, implementation, and utilization.
· Involved Landsat image classification and analysis of urbanization
of Eugene, OR.
You can get the thesis here:
http://www.toddbuchanan.net/thesis_ver.pdf
The thesis used GRASS 6.0 and GRASS became even better since then:-) I
would not agree with TB's statement of technical support being virtually
non-existent, because you get answers quickly in the mailing lists.
I hope that helps,
Markus Metz
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