Thanks Alex!

QGis looks great, but since we are strictly a .Net C# shop (for everything UI), 
it does not look like it will work for us.  Too bad because I really like QGis 
from what I know so far...  There is an IronPython tool that is a plugin for VS 
2010, but we are not even using 2010 yet, still on 2008.

- David.

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[mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Alex Mandel
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 12:41 PM
To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] .Net Control and more

On 02/27/2012 09:10 AM, David Speyer wrote:
> Thanks for getting back to me Alister!
> 
> Now I have more specific questions for the group:
> 
> 1)    What map formats are supported?  In particular are TAB files supported?
> 
Anything supported by GDAL/OGR, www.gdal.org

> 2)    Can QGIS be used as a Control - Is there an existing tool that can 
> easily be wrapped into a .Net C# Windows Control?   (The equivalent of 
> MapInfo Extreme). 
> 
Yes, but only C++ and python

> 3)    Can a floor plan jpg file be layered over a blank map control and then 
> registered via TAB file using minimally three points on the map with Latitude 
> and Longitude?  Then with mouse click know all the other coordinates on the 
> map?   Is this a simple process?  (Again this can be easily done with MapInfo 
> Extreme).
Yes, georegistration tool is built in.

> 
> 4)    Web App and Stand Alone Support?
>
There is work on Web Client to correspond with QGIS Server. Desktop standalone 
is the primary mechanism for all current deployments.

> 5)    Has Layering - Ability to draw several layers of routes and various 
> symbols with different colors onto to the displayed map - programmatically 
> controlled?  Legend? (Again using as .Net Control).
> 
Yes, but again only C++ and python

> 6)    Access to Maps (can you get from web database?) 
> 
Yes, WMS, WFS, Tiles, Postgis, etc.. are all supported.

> 7)    Report Generation Capabilities:  If we were to wrap QGIS, is there a 
> wide variety of reports that can be generated (i.e. letting the end user 
> create custom map-based reports)?
>
Only a few such plugins exist but could be easy to write.


I think you are more likely to want to look at SharpMap and MapWindow which are 
.net applications and tools under open source licenses.

Thanks,
Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Alister Hood
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:10 PM
> To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] New to QGIS, Best solution?
> 
> Hi David,
> It really depends on:
> - what you need to do, and
> - what addons you would have for MapInfo or ArcGIS.
> 
> I don't do a lot of GIS work, and I have no experience with ArcGIS, but I do 
> have MapInfo.
> I gather some features of MapInfo are supposed to be quite good for things 
> like inputting and managing data, which is why it has been quite popular in 
> local government (at least in NZ and Australia).
> As I see it MapInfo's main downsides are:
> 1) It isn't very powerful - you need to buy all sorts of addons if you really 
> want to do much in it.  (I guess with QGIS you also need to use something 
> like GRASS for some things.  The trouble with MapInfo is that it seems like 
> you're not really getting anything for your dollar.)  If some of the major 
> addons were included with MapInfo then it would be a lot easier to understand 
> why people buy it.
> 2) In some respects e.g. map-making it is very user-unfriendly.  Especially 
> the problems with the way its layout windows are connected to map windows.  
> And QGIS is just generally much nicer to use than MapInfo.
> 3) It doesn't handle data in all sorts of different formats nicely like QGIS 
> does.
> 
> I generally don't even think about using MapInfo these days - I haven't 
> bothered to install the last couple of updates. And MapInfo isn't going 
> anywhere fast - like someone mentioned in the link below, they seem to put 
> all their effort into marketing, while the software stays stuck in the mid 
> '90s, with little indication that it will ever really improve.
> The one MapInfo feature that I currently miss in QGIS is the ability to 
> perform operations in the Object menu like "Split" on selected features - 
> ftools in QGIS only operates with whole layers.
> 
> I guess MapInfo is _a little_ less buggy than QGIS, but not as much as I'd 
> expect, especially given that it doesn't really seem to do much, and there is 
> so little change in each release.
> 
> You might be interested in some of the discussion at 
> http://woostuff.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/browser-wars-qgis-vs-mapinfo-
> 11/
> 
> But I'm not sure how relevant this all is to you - it sounds like you are 
> thinking of building some sort of standalone application or web-based 
> solution.  How would that work with .Net and QGIS?
> If you're integrating with .NET I imagine you should check out Mapwindow.  
> Have you?
> Mapwindow is quite nice, but it generally* doesn't seem to be as powerful or 
> user-friendly as QGIS.
> 
> *For some specific things there are very good plugins for Mapwindow that 
> aren't available for QGIS.
> 
> Regards,
> Alister
> 
> 
>> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:16:01 +0000
>> From: David Speyer <david.spe...@pctel.com>
>> Subject: [Qgis-user] New to QGIS, Best solution?
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>> Hello -
>>
>> I am still in the middle of evaluating various map solutions and would find 
>> it *very* helpful if anyone could compare the 
>> features/functionality/reliability of Qgis to MapInfo Pro or ArcGIS  or even 
>> Google Maps APIs.  I'd be integrating this with Microsoft based UIs (.Net).  
>> We are already using MapInfo with MapExtreme (a version that is a few 
>> versions old).
>>
>> Thanks!
>> David.
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