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
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 (such as a Map Server), certainly for the price... we looked

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2005-08-03 Thread Ole Gregor
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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

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.

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

2005-08-02 Thread Driver, Greg 9434
John, Feels a bit disloyal but you could have a look at Map Maker http://www.mapmaker.com/index.htm. You can download a free version or for a modest outlay go for the Pro version and get features like NTF compatibility, which is important if you clients want to use OS vector data (even MapInfo

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

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

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

2005-08-02 Thread Matt Carlson
Hello, Have a look at Manifold (http://www.manifold.net and http://www.manifold.net/news/news_set.html) - Version 6.5 has just come out. This is actually cheap (USD245 to USD495, depending on whether you want functions for routing, surface analysis or access to enterprise databases) and doesn't

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

2005-08-02 Thread Steven Blake
If you're working directly with OS data, need full compatibility with MapInfo data and over 100 other formats and need a competitive product to all the other popular GIS's out there - Cadcorp is definitely gaining a lot in popularity over the past few years. Fantastic product. They are one

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

2005-08-02 Thread Ross Charles Johnson
@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 to all the other