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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] GIS vs. CAD |
| Date: |
06/29/2004 07:05:00 PM |
| From: |
JONATHAN BYRON |
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If the boss isn't technical, technical arguments for or against a software =
change won't make much of an impression. The following response to =
management's grand idea is not directed at any one vendor, but towards the =
idea that GIS =3D software:
Yes, boss, there ARE some neat things that new software can do. I'm glad =
you are so forward looking. Here's what we'll need:
1) Double our software budget for the next two years. We will need to =
stay with the old software until we are 100% sure the new software will do =
everything we need to. =20
2) We'll also need money for training - including travel since there isn't =
anything relevant scheduled nearby. =20
3) Our productivity will drop for 6-18 months while we transition to the =
new software and overcome the learning curve, redevelop working procedures,=
macros, etc. But it will be worth it, because the new software SURELY =
will make us more profitable. Hiring a few new workers for the transition =
isn't really a cost: it is an investment that will pay handsomely by =
2010.=20
:) Jonathan=20
>>> "Ursela Jule" <septe@hotmail.com> 06/29/04 10:05AM >>>
Long time lurker - first time poster...
I have been an exclusive GIS user and my department uses ESRI and it =
fits=20
our needs quite nicely - my boss (non-GIS or CAD person) has been =
talking=20
around and finding out that some others use CAD (Autodesk) - and now =
has=20
come to me wondering why we aren't. I tried to explain that we do a =
little=20
bit of spatial analysis and CAD really isn't designed for that and tried =
to=20
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=20
boss) has been talking to an Autodesk vendor - and my knowledge of the=20
differences are maybe not as current as the advances in AutoCAD apparently=
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have been.
So I am looking at an ad here where Autodesk is saying "ESRI's approach =
to=20
GIS will only take you so far." Seems to be referring to the integration=
=20
of CAD and GIS only - but I ask you - just how close is software for =
CAD=20
(such as Autodesk products) getting to being called a GIS?
Is there a line in the sand still?
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