On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:02 AM, gene <[email protected]> wrote:
> ok but it seems to me that the handling of XML files has nothing to do > with argisscripting module. In this case, there is a lack of knowledge > or basic curiosity. In this case,there is a French expression that > says "Pourquoi réinventer la roue ?" (why reinvent the wheel ?") > >From a GIS professional perspective, KML is JAFFF (Just Another Frickin' File Format), which is handled via the ArcToolbox DataManagement tools (arcgisscripting.data_management.whatever2whatever). One of the things ESRI does very well is "protect" people who are very knowledgeable about geography from the gritty details of computers. One of the reasons ESRI is so successful is by respecting that people can be very clueful about one domain (geography) and lacking in clue elsewhere (programming, architectural details, etc). Of course, the one thing ESRI is horribly guilty of is propagating a notion that people who work in GIS shouldn't be paid as much as people who work in other areas of information science. Ever wonder why GIS developer positions are advertised with bizzarely low pay rates? While ESRI respects other knowledge domains, it actively disses professional programmers. -Eric
