MI-L Reasonably Priced GIS/CAD Packages For A Small Business

2005-08-02 Thread John Nott
Hello Listers, Sorry to drift slightly off topic but I have been asked by a client for advice on cheap, off the shelf fairly basic GIS software packages. My client is a small planning consultancy and simply needs a package which will allow him to import, display and do simple analysis on geogra

MI-L Reasonably Priced GIS/CAD Packages For A Small Business

2005-08-03 Thread John Nott
Ok here we go then: Thanks to: Jerry Vinesh Russell Laure Steven Greg Gachamot Christiane Bob Bill Matt Steven Alistair Ross Charles And Flavio I hope I got everyone. It seems that Manifold is getting quite a lot of votes so I will definitely look into it there are also plent

RE: MI-L Reasonably Priced GIS/CAD Packages For A Small Business

2005-08-02 Thread Lawley, Russell S
bang for buck, ease of use and fantastic user community support...gotta be that MapInfo thingy.. r * This e-mail message, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. Ho

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2005-08-02 Thread Driver, Greg 9434
doesn't offer that!). I haven't used it so can't comment on it's performance but it looks a bargain! HTH Greg Driver. -Original Message- From: John Nott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2005 14:12 To: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L Reaso

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2005-08-02 Thread Town of Hampden
John, There was a good article in this past issue of Journal of Forestry- if you have access to it, there's an article that compares different GIS systems in terms of price, ease of use, number of functions, etc. The article is Digital Mapping Alternatives: GIS for the Busy Forester. One in part

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2005-08-02 Thread Matt Carlson
p.com http://www.arup.com/transportplanning/ __ -Original Message- From: John Nott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2005 14:12 To: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L Reasonably Priced GIS/CAD Packages Fo

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2005-08-02 Thread Steven Blake
--- From: John Nott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 2005-08-02 9:11 AM To: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L Reasonably Priced GIS/CAD Packages For A Small Business Hello Listers, Sorry to drift slightly off topic but I have been asked by a client for advice on

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2005-08-02 Thread Ross Charles Johnson
info-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: Re: MI-L Reasonably Priced GIS/CAD Packages For A Small Business Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:04:05 -0400 (EDT) If you're working directly with OS data, need full compatibility with MapInfo data and over 100 other formats and need a competitive product

RE: MI-L Reasonably Priced GIS/CAD Packages For A Small Business

2005-08-03 Thread Flavio Hendry
hi all Manifold: > Bizarrely, it seems to have more features than MapInfo or ArcView > (such as a Map Server), certainly for the price... we looked at it many times. it is just to odd to use - they should be nominated for the "worst software design price", they'd win every year by far ... Mit

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2005-08-03 Thread christiane . roh
Hendry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03.08.2005 10:18 Pour : MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com cc : Objet : RE: MI-L Reasonably Priced GIS/CAD Packages For A Small Business hi all Manifold: > Bizarrely, it seems to have more features than MapInfo or ArcView >

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2005-08-03 Thread Flavio Hendry
hi christiane >Could you developpe more about what you find odd and uggly about it? I did not say ugly, just said odd; as far as I remember, it is a while ago with v 6.0 (a collegue of mine had the same feedback as I asked her to test it): - all handling in general reminded me of CAD and it is

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2005-08-03 Thread Ole Gregor
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