Steven, As a professional GIS consultant, you may have to consider the cost of your tools as the price of doing business as a private consultant.
We find many students shocked at the price of software once they graduate and realize the expense of commercial licenses for products they have used for years as students with little or no personal cost. However, there is always the option of free open source tools such as Quantum GIS http://www.qgis.org/ --Brian On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Steven Garrett wrote:
Hi all, I am responding to an RFP, in which I will be the PI. The RFP requires a good deal of GIS work and I have found from doing similar work that I need at least ArcEditor. ArcView does not have all of the functionality I will need. The single seat cost for ArcEditor is $6,000 per year and after doing a draft budget, I will not have enough to cover that. Any ideas on how to get this software at price below $1,500? I have asked the city putting out the RFP is I could get an extension seat from their license and I am waiting to hear back, but I think the likelihood of that happening is slight. Steven Steven M. Garrett, MA, MS, RD Sustainability Consultant Project management. Policy analysis. GIS Tacoma, WA 253.988.3654 [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta.
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