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| Subject: | Re: GISList: Software Question |
| Date: |
05/06/2002 09:53:08 AM |
| From: |
Quantitative Decisions |
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At 04:07 PM 4/29/02 -0700, Leonardo Frid wrote:
>PAMAP GIS 5.2b, IDRISI 32, ILWIS 2.2, GEOMEDIA WITH MFWorks 2.6, SPANS 7.1
>and Manifold 5.0
>Which of these are: Capable of...
>overlaying maps?
>adding columns to maps?
>establishing an ODBC connection?
>Need aditional spatial analysis tools?
>What are their scripting languages?
These products all have web sites with loads of information:
http://www.pcigeomatics.com/product_ind/prpamap.html
http://www.clarklabs.org/
http://www.itc.nl/ilwis/Documentation/ILWIS_version_2/22guide.html
http://www.intergraph.com/gis/geomedia/
http://www.pcigeomatics.com/support/FAQ/336.htm
http://www.manifold.net/
Idrisi, Geomedia, and Manifold have active public discussion groups on the
Internet. See www.directionsmag.com/discussion for details, links, and a
(simultaneously!) searchable archive.
Fred Limp is the prolific reviewer of GIS software for GeoWorld. He covers
many of these products in a review at
http://www.geoplace.com/gw/2000/0500/0500re.asp . But you're right--most
of the questions you ask are not answered there.
A thorough review of Idrisi32 which is still pretty much up to date is at
http://www.directionsmag.com/features.asp?FeatureID=40 . It answers most
of your questions, but for that product only.
Be aware that these products are by no means directly comparable. For
instance, Idrisi32 has deep roots in raster GIS while Manifold grew out of
a network GIS: although excellent products both, they will have very
different strengths and weaknesses in different applications.
Leonardo, why don't you do the research and summarize it for us?
--Bill Huber
Quantitative Decisions and
Directions Magazine
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