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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] ArcGIS alternates? |
| Date: |
06/01/2004 02:15:01 PM |
| From: |
Sean Grimland |
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I think Idrisi (http://www.clarklabs.org/) will beat
ESRI for any of the raster based functions you
mentioned: raster calculator, raster to vector,
buffering, geoprocessing, georectification. It isn't
a vector based program so ArcView is better in that
regard.
my two cents...
Sean Grimland
--- Adrian Kitchingman
<a.kitchingman@fisheries.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm relatively new to this list but have decided to
> start a new thread in
> relation to answers to Anthony's 'ArcGIS 9 -
> recommend postponing
> installation'. We are looking to install ArcGIS 9
> and look at any noted
> problems with interest. We are also always on the
> lookout for alternate GIS
> apps which would fulfill our purposes that ESRI is
> currently doing. So far
> we haven't been successful (hence the new thread).
> So if anyone has some
> advice or recommendations on available software that
> has the following
> functions it would be greatly appreciated.
> We are looking for the equivalent functions of ESRI
> ArcGIS 8.X:
>
> * Spatial Analyst Extension
> Raster Calculator
> Raster/Poly converter
> Raster neighbourhood stats
>
> * Geoprocessor (usual stuff)
> Union, merge, etc
>
> * Buffering
>
> * Poly Editor
>
> * Customizable (VB, Java, etc)
>
> We've assessed Manifold, TNTMips, etc but still
> haven't found a package that
> has the variety of functions and is as user friendly
> as ArcGIS (despite the
> odd bug). I'm not here to preach ESRI but so far no
> 'more affordable'
> alternatives have made the cut.
>
> I'm sure this subject has been discussed before so
> apologies if this is just
> covering old ground.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adrian
>
>
> Adrian Kitchingman
> Sea Around Us Project
> Fisheries Centre
> University of British Columbia
>
> http://www.seaaroundus.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony Quartararo
> [mailto:ajq3@spatialnetworks.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 8:24 AM
> To: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
> Subject: [gislist] ArcGIS 9 - recommend postponing
> installation
>
>
> Dear Listers,
>
> Have had ArcGIS 9 (ArcInfo) installed for less than
> a week. After a rather
> circuitous path to getting it actually installed,
> and a quick call the ESRI
> tech support, I would have to say at this point that
> I would strongly
> recommend postponing installation or upgrading until
> ESRI cleans things up
> and re-issues the CDs. They have pulled a
> "Microsoft" on this one: the tech
> at ESRI confirmed a known issue with installation on
> a single license
> dongle [the license administrate does not record the
> machine name and so a
> secondary step of actually typing it in is
> required]. But, after having
> tried to work with a dataset that worked just fine
> under 8.x, it has crashed
> multiple times so far with 9.x with a fairly major
> application error. I
> really am tired of paying a king's ransom for the
> privilege of advanced
> beta-testing. I will be uninstalling 9.x, and
> reinstalling 8.x to keep
> working. You would also think ESRI could come up
> with a method that would
> truly "upgrade" previous installations without
> having to completely
> uninstall the older version first [in the interest
> of saving a significant
> amount of time...].
>
> ...not a happy camper..
>
> Anthony
>
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