Hi Cameron, We (Oxford Archaeology) are going through exactly that process at the moment, although we are replacing arcgis 9.2 rather than arcview. We are doing this primarily because changes in the licensing terms meant that we were no longer eligible for the educational discount, but it's part of a longer term move towards open source. We have spent some time investigating alternatives, and have a few contenders, and I'm sure we would be happy to advise, or provide a case study on this.
Basically we are looking at gvsig and qgis as the main options- gvsig because it can use cad data, and qgis because we like the grass integration and it's slightly more user-friendly for english speakers (the translated version of gvsig still has some spanish bits in it). With slight changes to our work-flows, we are finding that these two packages will do almost everything we need a gis to do, with the exception of producing high-quality illustrations. To achieve this we are currently looking at export to svg or postscript for final editing in inkscape, but that's a work in progress. Contact me (off-list or on) if you would like some more information on this transition. All the best Jo ----------------------------------------------------- Joanne Cook Information Systems Coordinator Oxford Archaeology (North) 01524 880212 http://thehumanjourney.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:28:57 +1000 From: Cameron Shorter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Geowanking] ArcView 3.1 replacement To: Miguel Montesinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Some Australian organisations are considering replacing their ArcView 3.1 desktops with an Open Source alternative. Is anyone aware of others who have gone through this process? If so, who are they? Do they have a case study? I'm particularly interested to see a review of ArcView features used by oganisation users, and compared against Open Source to see if the Open Source covered their requirements. I'm aware of this good review of Open Source Desktop clients at: http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/ -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Systems Architect Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking End of Geowanking Digest, Vol 53, Issue 15 ****************************************** ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
