On 5/6/08, Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:00:54PM +0200, Dirk Frigne wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 08:21:21PM +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote:
> > > > What was a Desktop GIS exactly? I only have a browser and for some
> > > strange
> > > > reason
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:00:54PM +0200, Dirk Frigne wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 08:21:21PM +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote:
> > > What was a Desktop GIS exactly? I only have a browser and for some
> > strange
> > > reason all that I do starts with an http://...
> >
> > A Desktop GIS is what y
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Concerning OpenJump it is really good but I couldn't make a pie chart map
with
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A convert! Welcome Jennifer.
I can't speak for GRASS, but I know that
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> Hi,
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> IMHO the most b
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?
Hi,
IMHO the most barrier for people using OS GIS is the lack of a user
friendly interface, especially for map production and digitising. I know
that this has been stated before in this thread, but I want st
gvSIG (Tyler already metioned it) is great to work with vectors.
Actually, ESRI Spain don't like it because is to similar to arcGIS, in
their words. I can't say, I haven't used ArcGIS, but gvSIG [1] +
Sextante [2] is perfect tool to produce nice maps easily. The whole
transport and infraest
Changing Goal Posts
This is more for the proprietory software, where they have to keep their heads
above the water line. So CAD software try to become GIS and GIS software adds
Image analysis and Image aanalysis software tries to add GIS features.
For Open Source GIS, all open source software i
Hi,
IMHO the most barrier for people using OS GIS is the lack of a user
friendly interface, especially for map production and digitising. I know
that this has been stated before in this thread, but I want stress this
point out.
I'm working as as supporter and software trainer for a software compa
Hi Cameron,
the table of comparison is informative.
Most of the ARC-GIS users (my personal view) are Vector GIS users.
They are concerned of
1. Registration of Paper maps into GIS
2. Attribution
3. Analysis depending on their need.
CAD
4. Outputs of the above are also to be plotted in elegant map
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS
Tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?]
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:13:49 +0200
From: Markus Metz
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Todd Buchanan compared GRASS and ArcGIS in his master thesis (Geoscience
/ GIS):
Title: Thesis – Comparison of
Ravi,
What us Open Source evangelists are missing is an honest comparison
between ESRI desktop applications and Open Source equivalents.
What is it about ArcView and ArcGIS that people really like, listed
feature by feature in a table.
Then identify whether Open Source covers it and how.
Very
Hi,
this is the kind of question I face when in my lectures evangelising OS GIS.
ArcGIS has many tools, though some prefer to call it a deluge of tools, which
almost distance the user from understanding the concept of GIS.
Auto Complete Polygon:
In Qgis which is a very userfriendly OS GIS you ha
> > I agree with Paul, power without control doesn't lead anywhere. GRASS
> > is of huge power, but following my past commercial experiences, I
> >
>
> Hehe, didn't you just say "my past proprietary experiences"?
>
> Sorry to be dense and all that...
No worries, but I really meant: "my past comm
On 4/25/08, Arnulf Christl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Legacy GIS Architect
>
In the world of neogeography punks, this is a nice throwback to the future.
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On Fri, April 25, 2008 20:51, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 08:21:21PM +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>
>> What was a Desktop GIS exactly? I only have a browser and for some
>> strange reason all that I do starts with an http://...
>
> A Desktop GIS is what you switch to when
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:55 PM, George R. C. Silva
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> One thing GIS OS software could have are better editing tools. I do miss
> them alot, and the one is ArcGIS are unbeatable (i dont know any O.S.
> software that have 'autocomplete polygon', tons of snapping optio
This is why I proposed
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Cartographic_Library
:)
Markus
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:30 PM, David William Bitner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would agree with Paul. The biggest hole in the FOSS stack is in easy,
> high quality printed map production. This is the
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 08:21:21PM +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote:
> What was a Desktop GIS exactly? I only have a browser and for some strange
> reason all that I do starts with an http://...
A Desktop GIS is what you switch to when you realize that the browser
makes a really poor operating system,
andrea antonello wrote:
Among the things that QGIS (and other open source desktops) can't do
are a table join, a spatial join
I'm not sure what you mean with spatial join, but if you mean overlay, and
raster combination GRASS can do, and it can also do table joins, while it
overlays two vector
I agree with some of the other responses that challenge the way of
traditional thinking. Desktop GIS, Web and Databases are the tools
of today - it's interesting to watch the various ways they come
together (collide?) in projects. If you look to replace desktop
proprietary options, you ma
> > Among the things that QGIS (and other open source desktops) can't do
> > are a table join, a spatial join
> >
>
> I'm not sure what you mean with spatial join, but if you mean overlay, and
> raster combination GRASS can do, and it can also do table joins, while it
> overlays two vector layers.
On 25.04.2008 17:55, Paul Ramsey wrote:
Paolo,
Among the things that QGIS (and other open source desktops) can't do
are a table join, a spatial join
I'm not sure what you mean with spatial join, but if you mean overlay,
and raster combination GRASS can do, and it can also do table joins,
whi
Paolo,
Among the things that QGIS (and other open source desktops) can't do
are a table join, a spatial join, high quality paper output, and
symbolized thematic mapping. Particular drawbacks of QGIS include the
single-threaded user interface model (ui locks during render, making
work with large f
George R. C. Silva ha scritto:
> One thing GIS OS software could have are better editing tools. I do miss
> them alot, and the one is ArcGIS are unbeatable (i dont know any O.S.
> software that have 'autocomplete polygon', tons of snapping options, etc
> - btw, if you do, let me know).
Have you t
Paul Ramsey ha scritto:
> I'd buck up for a copy of ArcView (much cheaper than ArcGIS), and use
> GRASS / PostGIS / etc tools for things like analysis. You can use
> ArcView to generate the paper and do some quick low-end analytics and
> the other tools for more involved stuff.
A reasonably good r
A few things...
- As you alluded to, it's very easy to create a seamless mosaic, or a
raster catalog. And pyramids (overviews) and statistics are created
automatically, if you like. The same loading process works if you have
a one IMG file at 2 GB, or 100 JPEGs at 100 MB each, or 2000 TIFs a
> 3) Storage and serving of very large (50+ GB) raster datasets. PostGIS
> does not support rasters yet; Oracle Spatial does though. I'm still not
> sure if storing rasters in a database is a good idea but ArcSDE sure makes
> it easy, and with good performance when used in conjunction with other
I've been an ESRI user (AV 3.x, ArcGIS 8/9, ArcIMS, ArcGIS Server,
ArcSDE) for 12+ years and have recently started exploring FOSS
software. And I haven't disagreed with any of the responses so far.
You will definitely need multiple programs to do what a single ESRI
program can do. IMO, this
Joanne Cook provided good insights into replacing ArcGIS software with
Open Source on the geowanking list recently.
http://lists.burri.to/pipermail/geowanking/2008-April/005117.html (and
copied below)
I'd love to see all this expertise collated into an ESRI/Open Source
comparison similar to t
/fop option.
randy
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If you want nice cartographic
If you want nice cartographic output, ArcMap on a totally different
level than ArcView. I think I paid about 1k a few years ago for my copy
(no extensions) through some reseller, which I really don't think is
outlandish at all for what you get.
That said, I rarely do paper-based cartography
Im a real novice in the OS world, and i´m enjoying. I´m liking what i see!
ESRI has good software, but the world of OS is just great and i love the
flexibility i have.
One thing GIS OS software could have are better editing tools. I do miss
them alot, and the one is ArcGIS are unbeatable (i d
Blake
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A convert! Welcome Jennifer.
I can't speak for GRASS, but I know that OpenJUMP
(http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/OpenJUMP.html) could be compar
I would agree with Paul. The biggest hole in the FOSS stack is in easy,
high quality printed map production. This is the one task where the Arc
tools beat anything I have seen in FOSS GIS hands down.
David
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Paul Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I'd buck up fo
I'd buck up for a copy of ArcView (much cheaper than ArcGIS), and use
GRASS / PostGIS / etc tools for things like analysis. You can use
ArcView to generate the paper and do some quick low-end analytics and
the other tools for more involved stuff.
My general synopsis: for server-side, for scriptabi
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The thread that was started today with the subject "
The thread that was started today with the subject "Your open source
career" got me thinking about asking a question that has been rolling
around in my head. This is pointed at those people who have experience
with ESRI products as well as OS GIS products.
I have been a long-time user of ESRI
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