On 18 March 2017 at 02:57, Tobias Wendorff <tobias.wendo...@tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
> Actually, I don't have money to pay the developers. But I know some > corporations, which would like to switch from ArcGIS to QGIS to save > money on license costs. But since those are into cartography, QGIS > isn't really useful for them right now. I might convince them to > spend some money on QGIS, but I bet, the answer will be "no" :( > That's odd logic. To me this reads that QGIS developers should spend hours of volunteer time to make QGIS the hypothetical "perfect" cartographic tool, and only then maybe organisations will start to support QGIS. That's not how open source works. Let me suggest an alternative approach: A very similar conversation occurred recently regarding missing functionality with discrete raster styling. You can follow the conversation here: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2017-January/046547.html Basically, a user identified an important missing feature, but alone was not able to develop this feature or fund its development. Instead, the user organised a group of other users who were wanting this functionality, and together they developed the specifications for the change and fundraised for its development. The end result is that this missing feature is going to land very shortly in QGIS master! I suspect that you'll find many users would be interested in this labeling enhancement, and that following a similar approach will lead to the same successful end result. > But since those are into cartography, QGIS isn't really useful for them right > now. I may be biased, but I strongly disagree with this statement! Fact is, the "ideal" cartography tool doesn't exist yet. But every time I have to use one of the commercial alternatives I'm reminded just how much MORE powerful QGIS symbology is. QGIS is already a cartographic powerhouse, it just may not yet have every single function required for all users. But the beauty of open source is that it's possible for anyone to fix this! Nyall _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
