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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] GIS vs. CAD |
| Date: |
06/29/2004 11:10:02 AM |
| From: |
Pete Magee |
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The AutoCAD Map software is pretty good,...as all software, there are
advantages and disadvantages. We use both ESRI and AutoDesk (AutoCAD Map),
although we are behind with both in terms of updates.
For flexibility, suggest to your boss that you use both, don't limit your
capabilities by making a wholesale change to one or the other..
Cheers,
Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: "True, Cynthia D." <truecd@missouri.edu>
To: <gislist@lists.geocomm.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 8:22 AM
Subject: RE: [gislist] GIS vs. CAD
It used to be that CAD couldn't handle projections well, but that was
years ago. Does anyone know if you can easily and successfully
reproject data in Autodesk?
Thanks,
dt
-----Original Message-----
From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
[mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf Of Ursela Jule
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:06 AM
To: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
Subject: [gislist] GIS vs. CAD
Long time lurker - first time poster...
I have been an exclusive GIS user and my department uses ESRI and it
fits our needs quite nicely - my boss (non-GIS or CAD person) has been
talking around and finding out that some others use CAD (Autodesk) - and
now has come to me wondering why we aren't. I tried to explain that we
do a little bit of spatial analysis and CAD really isn't designed for
that and tried to explain the difference between a CAD and GIS.
However I have been out of the loop on CAD, and I suspect that she's (my
boss) has been talking to an Autodesk vendor - and my knowledge of the
differences are maybe not as current as the advances in AutoCAD
apparently have been.
So I am looking at an ad here where Autodesk is saying "ESRI's approach
to
GIS will only take you so far." Seems to be referring to the
integration
of CAD and GIS only - but I ask you - just how close is software for CAD
(such as Autodesk products) getting to being called a GIS?
Is there a line in the sand still?
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