[GRASSLIST:1103] Re: Looking for a guru...

[Hal Mueller]

>My biggest problem with AV has been data conversions. I have ArcView 
>8.x, which does not have all of the conversion options as under 
>either ArcEditor or ArcInfo. If you want access to all of ESRI's 
>data tools you need ArcInfo, which, of course, also costs the most - 
>$6500 under government pricing. ArcView only cost us $2500, though 
>now we are seeing the downside of this version of ArcGIS.

I've said this before and I hope I don't sound like a broken record, 
but Safe Software's data conversion tool FME is essential for me.  It 
handles every vector format you're likely to come across.  Free trial 
at http://www.safe.com/.  The Windoze version is priced on a par with 
ArcView.
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Hal Mueller                hal at mobilegeographics.com
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