Re: [Qgis-user] How to edit repetitive data in QGIS

[Karl-Magnus Jönsson]

Hi!
Instead of editing the lines or attributes with all that work you can do this 
in the styling. In the labels tab of the layer properties there are rendering 
options. There is a checkbox for merging connected lines to avoid duplicate 
labels. Hope this works.

Karl-Magnus Jönsson 

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Hi Charlotte,

You can use the "dissolve" tool for merging features that have value(s) in 
common. In this case the field "name" contains that value.

Go:
Vector >> Geoprocessing tools >> Dissolve...
Remove the check mark at "Dissolve all (do not use field)"
Add the field "name" to unique ID fields list Run

This worked for me. Only drawback is that all roads without a name were merged 
together. If you mind that, you can select and remove them before running the 
dissolve algorithm.

Good luck,
Raymond




On 15-12-16 07:07, Matt Boyd wrote:
> Can you select the features you want by a function using the same 
> street name, then Edit - merge selected features.
>
> On 15 Dec 2016 08:40, "Charlotte Wolter"  > wrote:
>
> Hello, all,
>
> I created a query for data from OpenStreetMap using
> overpassturbo.eu . I needed major street,
> so used the expression highway=primary. The area was a large section
> of Los Angeles, about 1/6th of the city, the area called South Bay.
> I got the steeets I need, no problem. But, I also got the
> street names repeating over and over, because the streets are broken
> into segments by changes, such as a bridge or a change in speed
> limit, etc., etc.
> I am looking for a way to solve this issue, such as editing
> the data to remove the names from some of these segments. I have
> opened the data in the "Attributes Table," but I can't seem to edit
> it there (which would be handy). So, if QGIS does not support
> editing a data file, is there some other way to do it?
> Thanks!
>
> Charlotte Wolter
>
>
>
> Charlotte Wolter
> 927 18th Street Suite A
> Santa Monica, California
> 90403
> +1-310-597-4040 
> techl...@techlady.com 
> Skype: thetechlady
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Re: [Qgis-user] How to edit repetitive data in QGIS

[Alex Mandel]

All those solutions are possible good options. To answer the direct 
question in case you need to know, you have turn on editing (Toggle 
Edit) of a layer before you can edit, and this is only available on some 
data format (so make sure you import your data to Spatialite, Shapefile 
or another editable format, osm files are not directly editable)

http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_gui.html#edit

Enjoy,
Alex

On 12/15/2016 12:32 AM, Karl-Magnus Jönsson wrote:

Hi!
Instead of editing the lines or attributes with all that work you can do this 
in the styling. In the labels tab of the layer properties there are rendering 
options. There is a checkbox for merging connected lines to avoid duplicate 
labels. Hope this works.

Karl-Magnus Jönsson

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Från: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] För Raymond Nijssen
Skickat: den 15 december 2016 08:58
Till: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org
Ämne: Re: [Qgis-user] How to edit repetitive data in QGIS

Hi Charlotte,

You can use the "dissolve" tool for merging features that have value(s) in common. In 
this case the field "name" contains that value.

Go:
Vector >> Geoprocessing tools >> Dissolve...
Remove the check mark at "Dissolve all (do not use field)"
Add the field "name" to unique ID fields list Run

This worked for me. Only drawback is that all roads without a name were merged 
together. If you mind that, you can select and remove them before running the 
dissolve algorithm.

Good luck,
Raymond




On 15-12-16 07:07, Matt Boyd wrote:

Can you select the features you want by a function using the same
street name, then Edit - merge selected features.

On 15 Dec 2016 08:40, "Charlotte Wolter" mailto:techl...@techlady.com>> wrote:

Hello, all,

I created a query for data from OpenStreetMap using
overpassturbo.eu . I needed major street,
so used the expression highway=primary. The area was a large section
of Los Angeles, about 1/6th of the city, the area called South Bay.
I got the steeets I need, no problem. But, I also got the
street names repeating over and over, because the streets are broken
into segments by changes, such as a bridge or a change in speed
limit, etc., etc.
I am looking for a way to solve this issue, such as editing
the data to remove the names from some of these segments. I have
opened the data in the "Attributes Table," but I can't seem to edit
it there (which would be handy). So, if QGIS does not support
editing a data file, is there some other way to do it?
Thanks!

Charlotte Wolter



Charlotte Wolter
927 18th Street Suite A
Santa Monica, California
90403
+1-310-597-4040 
techl...@techlady.com 
Skype: thetechlady


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[Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Markus Weidenbach]

Dear List,

I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at the 
university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader finally 
insisted on doing it with ArcGIS arguing  that the students had better 
chances to find a job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS. This 
argumentation does not reflect my long professional experience as a GIS 
consultant at all!
But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young GIS 
professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are equally 
suited)?
Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on the 
worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?


I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna 
(https://geoobserver.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/) but it is 
focused on a technical comparison of both systems only.
Also the link 
https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_report/documents/gis-winter-2016-report is 
not really helpful because it is based on some 40 reviews only and 
therefore not representative.
I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS 
users and renown companies using QGIS worldwide.


Thanks for your help in advance,
Markus

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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Jochen Albrecht]

It really depends on who your audience is, Markus.
In general, the advice that you got is (still) true but:
I am not aware of any GIS program from small consultancies to large
multi-hundred seats enterprise systems that don't now also use QGIS.
I have put this question to employers as part of a graduate class, where in
the course of 15 weeks, we visited a range of GIS employers once a week.
Without exception, they told me that we would be remiss if we skipped
ArcGIS completely. But they also, unanimously (public, private, and
non-profit) were adamant that if we don't teach our students open source
software that we would be doing our students a disservice.
So, if this is only one course, and if the audience is in wealthy
countries, then the answer is ArcGIS. If your audience is people who cannot
afford commercial licenses or organizations that are just starting to get
into the GIS business, then the answer would be QGIS. If you are offering
more than one course, then I would recommend to teach both.
Cheers,
   Jochen

Dr. Jochen Albrecht
Computational and Theoretical Geography
Hunter College CUNY
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Markus Weidenbach 
wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at the
> university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader finally
> insisted on doing it with ArcGIS arguing  that the students had better
> chances to find a job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS. This argumentation
> does not reflect my long professional experience as a GIS consultant at all!
> But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young GIS
> professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are equally
> suited)?
> Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on the
> worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?
>
> I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna (https://geoobserver.
> wordpress.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/) but it is focused on a
> technical comparison of both systems only.
> Also the link https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_report/documents/gis-winter-
> 2016-report is not really helpful because it is based on some 40 reviews
> only and therefore not representative.
> I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS users
> and renown companies using QGIS worldwide.
>
> Thanks for your help in advance,
> Markus
>
> --
> Dr. Markus Weidenbach
> *landConsult.de*
> Geographical Information Management
> and Environmental Planning
> D-77815 Bühl
> Germany
> e.mail see: http://landConsult.de
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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Michael Treglia]

In my training, one thing I found immensely valuable, was even a small
amount of cross-training. For example, if the course is primarily given
with Arc, showing students how easily similar operations can be conducted
in a differnent tool - your course might give 'proficiency' in a main tool
of focus, but also a 'working knowledge' of other tools (I originally
learned primarily in Manifold GIS, with some Arc sprinkled in by the
professor). I think the titles of different software packages that exist
can be a hinderance and overwhelming, particularly to new GIS users who
'only learned on Arc/QGIS'. Thus, even a small bit of cross training can go
a long way - both in terms of actual knowledge and working confidence to
try new things.

hope that helps.
best,
Mike

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Jochen Albrecht 
wrote:

>
> It really depends on who your audience is, Markus.
> In general, the advice that you got is (still) true but:
> I am not aware of any GIS program from small consultancies to large
> multi-hundred seats enterprise systems that don't now also use QGIS.
> I have put this question to employers as part of a graduate class, where
> in the course of 15 weeks, we visited a range of GIS employers once a week.
> Without exception, they told me that we would be remiss if we skipped
> ArcGIS completely. But they also, unanimously (public, private, and
> non-profit) were adamant that if we don't teach our students open source
> software that we would be doing our students a disservice.
> So, if this is only one course, and if the audience is in wealthy
> countries, then the answer is ArcGIS. If your audience is people who cannot
> afford commercial licenses or organizations that are just starting to get
> into the GIS business, then the answer would be QGIS. If you are offering
> more than one course, then I would recommend to teach both.
> Cheers,
>Jochen
>
> Dr. Jochen Albrecht
> Computational and Theoretical Geography
> Hunter College CUNY
> 695 Park Avenue
> New York, NY 10065
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Markus Weidenbach  > wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at the
>> university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader finally
>> insisted on doing it with ArcGIS arguing  that the students had better
>> chances to find a job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS. This argumentation
>> does not reflect my long professional experience as a GIS consultant at all!
>> But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young GIS
>> professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are equally
>> suited)?
>> Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on the
>> worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?
>>
>> I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna (https://geoobserver.wordpress
>> .com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/) but it is focused on a technical
>> comparison of both systems only.
>> Also the link https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_r
>> eport/documents/gis-winter-2016-report is not really helpful because it
>> is based on some 40 reviews only and therefore not representative.
>> I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS
>> users and renown companies using QGIS worldwide.
>>
>> Thanks for your help in advance,
>> Markus
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Markus Weidenbach
>> *landConsult.de*
>> Geographical Information Management
>> and Environmental Planning
>> D-77815 Bühl
>> Germany
>> e.mail see: http://landConsult.de
>>
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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)]

All,

I think a better plan of attack is to say that they (students) need proficiency 
in multiple pieces of software, both open and proprietary in nature.  Each 
piece of software, no matter who makes/sells it, has it’s pros and cons for use.

Making students aware of the options is the bigger part of the equation.  
Showing how the new tool(s) can be integrated into a common software processing 
chain is a good approach to inserting new/open tech into the discussion.  A lot 
harder to argue against as well.  Some still do though, but it’s not as easy to 
flatly discount options this way.

bobb




On Dec 15, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Markus Weidenbach 
mailto:landcons...@freenet.de>> wrote:

Dear List,

I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at the 
university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader finally insisted 
on doing it with ArcGIS arguing  that the students had better chances to find a 
job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS. This argumentation does not reflect my 
long professional experience as a GIS consultant at all!
But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young GIS 
professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are equally suited)?
Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on the 
worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?

I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna 
(https://geoobserver.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/) but it is 
focused on a technical comparison of both systems only.
Also the link 
https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_report/documents/gis-winter-2016-report is not 
really helpful because it is based on some 40 reviews only and therefore not 
representative.
I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS users and 
renown companies using QGIS worldwide.

Thanks for your help in advance,
Markus

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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Blumentrath, Stefan]

Hi,

There is http://gisgeography.com/mapping-out-gis-software-landscape/

Which hopelessly overrates ArcGIS, also because of a US centric perspective. 
However, the Authors use Google trends and statistics on GIS.SE to rank 
popularity of GIS. And if you do that QGIS is nr. 1 in Europe at least. Note 
also the trend in the google trends curves, esp. If you take Italy as an 
example.
People close to retirement can probably stick to Arc, but people who are 
students now will have to learn open source in their career, no doubt...
Even in a rich country like norway a significat number of university courses on 
GIS (esp. such related to ecology) switched to Open Source and mostly QGIS...

Cheers
Stefan

Von: Qgis-user [qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] im Auftrag von Markus 
Weidenbach [landcons...@freenet.de]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Dezember 2016 20:07
An: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org
Betreff: [Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

Dear List,

I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at the 
university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader finally insisted 
on doing it with ArcGIS arguing  that the students had better chances to find a 
job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS. This argumentation does not reflect my 
long professional experience as a GIS consultant at all!
But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young GIS 
professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are equally suited)?
Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on the 
worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?

I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna 
(https://geoobserver.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/) but it is 
focused on a technical comparison of both systems only.
Also the link 
https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_report/documents/gis-winter-2016-report is not 
really helpful because it is based on some 40 reviews only and therefore not 
representative.
I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS users and 
renown companies using QGIS worldwide.

Thanks for your help in advance,
Markus

--
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landConsult.de
Geographical Information Management
and Environmental Planning
D-77815 Bühl
Germany
e.mail see: http://landConsult.de
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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Erik Meerburg]

Markus,

Imho, especially at a university you shouldn't teach specific software 
at all. Teach the students spatial thinking, generic geospatial tools 
and how (and why!) they work, knowing how to tackle a problem with (any) 
GIS, and leave the software choice open to the students, where you as a 
teacher can can offer to help them in two or even three different 
specific brands.


Any university that prescribes specific software where more then one 
(good) option is available should be ashamed of itself. Think of it as a 
Car University that only teaches Ford-specific things. No matter how you 
look at it, that is bad. Even if they would promote QGIS or Open Source 
GIS as a whole that way, it would still be bad because you would not be 
tought about alternatives. Well, maybe that's one for the future ;-).


Okay, one exception maybe: if the training includes writing new plugins 
or other extras to an existing software project. In that case, 
prescribing to build that for that specific project seems fine to me. 
but if it's about *using *GIS, ah well. Think I've made my point clear 
enough.


So, maybe I'm pushing a bit away from the choice between Arc and Q, but 
you might consider the case of doing (at least) both.


Erik.


Op 15-12-2016 om 20:07 schreef Markus Weidenbach:

Dear List,

I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at the 
university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader finally 
insisted on doing it with ArcGIS arguing  that the students had better 
chances to find a job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS. This 
argumentation does not reflect my long professional experience as a 
GIS consultant at all!
But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young 
GIS professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are 
equally suited)?
Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on 
the worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?


I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna 
(https://geoobserver.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/) but it 
is focused on a technical comparison of both systems only.
Also the link 
https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_report/documents/gis-winter-2016-report 
is not really helpful because it is based on some 40 reviews only and 
therefore not representative.
I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS 
users and renown companies using QGIS worldwide.


Thanks for your help in advance,
Markus

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*landConsult.de*
Geographical Information Management
and Environmental Planning
D-77815 Bühl
Germany
e.mail see: http://landConsult.de


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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Hi,

This is a good question! My answer would be that students have a better chance 
of having a job if the learn GIS and not a software.  The software is only a 
tool!  If they have an ArcGIS licence at the university and can use it year 
round with the university, they could learn with that.

My experience is that afterwards, they will either pirate the software or 
abandons GIS because they cannot pay for the software.  Also, more and more 
students are on Macs and ArcGIS will not work unless you have a dual boot, a 
virtual PC or a online licence.

Also, if you want to just use a software as a technician and make GIS research, 
 you can use ArcGIS.  If you want a really good paying job and want to be able 
learn how to develop software and develop GIS, then QGIS or OpenSource is the 
way to go!

To think that learning GIS = learning a software is short sighted.  Would you 
trust a statistician if all he learned in university is how to use a particular 
software or would you prefer someone who really knows what statistics are all 
about???

Nicolas




> Le 15 déc. 2016 à 14:18, Markus Weidenbach [via OSGeo.org] 
>  a écrit :
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at the 
> university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader finally 
> insisted on doing it with ArcGIS arguing  that the students had better 
> chances to find a job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS. This argumentation 
> does not reflect my long professional experience as a GIS consultant at all!
> But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young GIS 
> professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are equally suited)? 
> Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on the 
> worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?
> 
> I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna 
> (https://geoobserver.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/) but it is 
> focused on a technical comparison of both systems only.
> Also the link 
> https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_report/documents/gis-winter-2016-report is not 
> really helpful because it is based on some 40 reviews only and therefore not 
> representative.
> I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS users 
> and renown companies using QGIS worldwide.
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance,
> Markus
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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Innisfree McKinnon]

This is an interesting discussion. I teach GIS classes at a small
university in the U.S. and while I completely agree with the concept of
teaching spatial concepts and not the software, in practice, this
distinction doesn't eliminate the need to choose in a university setting.
In practice GIS is taught through tutorials and tutorials are set up for
particular programs. You can't expect beginning students to go from
abstract concepts to multi-step analysis processes without some direction
as to how to use the software.

Also, the students at my university get campus issued laptops that don't
have space to run GIS software, so they have to work in the one campus
computer lab where GIS is installed. I have to work with campus IT to make
sure the software is properly installed and updated. When students log in,
they don't have admin permissions so they can't choose to install QGIS if
it isn't already installed.

I have be advocating for teaching open source software. But once students
get used to one software, they don't want to go back and try to figure out
another system. I did have students try out QGIS, but they weren't excited.
I haven't used QGIS enough to discuss the differences and potential
benefits in particular situations, other than accessibility and
affordability.

It shouldn't be one software or another, but students need to have a reason
to learn a new platform. I know there are some articles/posts online
comparing, but I have never seen a class that actually integrated teaching
with more than one platform. Beginning college students are usually
frustrated enough just trying to understand one.

I would love to hear suggestions for approaches or resources. Also, many
university instructors have a heavy teaching load and limited time to keep
up with shifting software. I'm pretty much the only person at my U. that
teaches GIS. I am being expected to teach everything related to geospatial
technologies...so it is tough to stay up to date without introducing
additional software to learn. I need to focus on how best to teach concepts
not spend my time learning how to troubleshoot multiple software packages.

Innisfree

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Nicolas Cadieux <
nicolas.cadi...@archeotec.ca> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is a good question! My answer would be that students have a better
> chance of having a job if the learn GIS and not a software.  The software
> is only a tool!  If they have an ArcGIS licence at the university and can
> use it year round with the university, they could learn with that.
>
> My experience is that afterwards, they will either pirate the software or
> abandons GIS because they cannot pay for the software.  Also, more and more
> students are on Macs and ArcGIS will not work unless you have a dual boot,
> a virtual PC or a online licence.
>
> Also, if you want to just use a software as a technician and make GIS
> research,  you can use ArcGIS.  If you want a really good paying job and
> want to be able learn how to develop software and develop GIS, then QGIS or
> OpenSource is the way to go!
>
> To think that learning GIS = learning a software is short sighted.  Would
> you trust a statistician if all he learned in university is how to use a
> particular software or would you prefer someone who really knows what
> statistics are all about???
>
> Nicolas
>
>
>
>
> Le 15 déc. 2016 à 14:18, Markus Weidenbach [via OSGeo.org] <[hidden email]
> > a écrit :
>
> Dear List,
>
> I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at the
> university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader finally
> insisted on doing it with ArcGIS arguing  that the students had better
> chances to find a job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS. This argumentation
> does not reflect my long professional experience as a GIS consultant at all!
> But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young GIS
> professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are equally
> suited)?
> Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on the
> worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?
>
> I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna (https://geoobserver.
> wordpress.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/) but it is focused on a
> technical comparison of both systems only.
> Also the link https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_report/documents/gis-winter-
> 2016-report is not really helpful because it is based on some 40 reviews
> only and therefore not representative.
> I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS users
> and renown companies using QGIS worldwide.
>
> Thanks for your help in advance,
> Markus
>
> --
> Dr. Markus Weidenbach
> *landConsult.de *
> Geographical Information Management
> and Environmental Planning
> D-77815 Bühl
> Germany
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Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS vs ArcGIS in Education and Practice

[Nyall Dawson]

On 16 December 2016 at 08:38, Nicolas Cadieux
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a good question! My answer would be that students have a better
> chance of having a job if the learn GIS and not a software.

+1 to that. To put it bluntly, I think ANY GIS practitioner who can
only list experience with a single application (or vendor's suite) on
their resume is not at all competitive in today's market. There's
enough free open source or trial software available that it really
shows a lack of motivation for someone not to have skills in more than
one application.

Nyall
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