<div>Hello Ravi,</div>
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<div>Right now ive tested Qgis rc 0.9.2, which acomplishes the 'autocomplete' task. I still need to teste OpenJUMP.</div>
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<div>Thanks for the insight</div>
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<div>George<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:06 AM, RAVI KUMAR <<a href="mailto:ravivundavalli@yahoo.com">ravivundavalli@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi all,</div>
<div>here is some encouraging information from OJ</div>
<div>Cheers</div>
<div>Ravi Kumar<br><br>Note: forwarded message attached.</div>
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Subject: Re: [jump-users] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS<br> tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?<br>To: JUMP Users Discussion <<a href="mailto:jump-users@lists.jump-project.org">jump-users@lists.jump-project.org</a>><br>
Cc: OSGeo Discussions <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:48160A11.9050207@geo.uzh.ch">48160A11.9050207@geo.uzh.ch</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br>
<br>btw. OpenJUMPs Nightly Build has also an Auto-Complete Polygon tool,<br>now. From a personal stand point I think OpenJUMPs editing capabilities<br>for Vector data are very good and straight forward. What we don't - in<br>
comparison to ESRI ArcGIS is something like the "tracing" function.<br><br>Stefan<br><br>RAVI KUMAR wrote:<br>> Hi Cameron,<br>> the table of comparison is informative.<br>> Most of the ARC-GIS users (my personal view) are Vector GIS users.<br>
> They are concerned of<br>> 1. Registration of Paper maps into GIS<br>> 2. Attribution<br>> 3. Analysis depending on their need.<br>><br>> CAD<br>><br>> 4. Outputs of the above are also to be plotted in elegant maps with<br>
> proper symbology and standard colors.<br>><br>> As an OSGeo enthusiast I recommend a cocktail of OS GIS software mix.<br>><br>><br>> OpenJUMP and Qgis for steps Qgis 1 to 3<br>> Qgis and GRASS for advanced analysis<br>
> GRASS for statistical analysis with R<br>><br>> OpenJUMP and Inkscape for step 4. As a geologist I get oriented<br>> structures properly symbolised and rotated (possible in OpenJUMP)<br>><br>> Am making some notes and soon wish to offer for downloading through<br>
> GRASS and OpenJUMP websites.<br>><br>> Ravi Kumar<br>><br>><br>> */Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>>/* wrote:<br>><br>> Ravi,<br>
> What us Open Source evangelists are missing is an honest comparison<br>> between ESRI desktop applications and Open Source equivalents.<br>><br>> What is it about ArcView and ArcGIS that people really like, listed<br>
> feature by feature in a table.<br>> Then identify whether Open Source covers it and how.<br>> Very important is to address usability. How quickly can an Arc* user<br>> migrate to Open Source?<br>
> My skill set is lacking here as I don't have much experience in either<br>> ESRI or the Open Source desktop tools. It seems like you have<br>> experience<br>> with both which puts you in a unique position.<br>
><br>> Is this something you, or one of your students would like to<br>> investigate<br>> further? Maybe build a table similar to this one:<br>> <a href="http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm" target="_blank">http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm</a><br>
><br>> RAVI KUMAR wrote:<br>> > Hi,<br>> > this is the kind of question I face when in my lectures evangelising<br>> > OS GIS.<br>> > ArcGIS has many tools, though some prefer to call it a deluge of<br>
> > tools, which almost distance the user from understanding the concept<br>> > of GIS.<br>> ><br>> > Auto Complete Polygon:<br>> > In Qgis which is a very userfriendly OS GIS you have 'Cut<br>
> polygon', do<br>> > try and find the difference.<br>> ><br>> > Polygonising from lines:<br>> > Open JUMP has one of the most userfriendly approaches.<br>> > Create lines and polygonise in OpenJUMP and the software<br>
> automatically<br>> > creates a folder for Dangles (un-wanted line pieces)<br>> ><br>> > The query is more for Vector GIS, I suppose.<br>> ><br>> > GRASS GIS:<br>
> > It has so many features for Image analysis and Raster GIS, the<br>> > commercial GIS need a barge pole to even touch it. The vector<br>> Part of<br>> > GRASS is robust too.<br>> ><br>
> > Ravi Kumar<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > */Markus Neteler /* wrote:<br>> ><br>> > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:55 PM, George R. C. Silva<br>> > wrote:<br>
> > ...<br>> > > One thing GIS OS software could have are better editing tools. I<br>> > do miss<br>> > > them alot, and the one is ArcGIS are unbeatable (i dont know any<br>
> > O.S.<br>> > > software that have 'autocomplete polygon', tons of snapping<br>> > options, etc -<br>> > > btw, if you do, let me know).<br>> > ><br>
> > > FOSS is great, but it lacks (IMHO) better editing options.<br>> ><br>> > We are working on that:<br>> > <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxPython-based_GUI_for_GRASS#Digitizer" target="_blank">http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxPython-based_GUI_for_GRASS#Digitizer</a><br>
> ><br>> > Screenshots:<br>> > <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/gui.php" target="_blank">http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/gui.php</a><br>> > -> wxPython (new GUI)<br>
> ><br>> > You can try out the prototype in GRASS 6.3.0 (released yesterday):<br>> > <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html" target="_blank">http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html</a><br>
> ><br>> > Get MacOSX, Linux and now even native MS-Windows binaries with<br>> > *installer* at<br>> > <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/download/index.php#g63x" target="_blank">http://grass.osgeo.org/download/index.php#g63x</a><br>
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