[Qgis-user] ArcGIS & QGIS

[Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)]

We have the same sorts of problems in our office.

One (stupid IMO) approach, might be to use raster icons for symbols.  Just convert all symbols to some raster format and use that as a transfer method.

Based on a quick scan of this page, it looks doable:

http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/04/26/pictures-in-arcgis-symbols/

To tell the truth, I’ve not really needed to pursue this is any great detail to date because just about every single application (and user) has their own methods and preferences for symbology.  We have a very large AutoCAD user base for example, and even using the ARC add-on, doesn’t solve the problem of changing the symbology between applications.  It seems that most applications are ok with exporting their symbols in some sort of generic format, but it’s not always something that can be manipulated downstream on the receiving end.

bobb



On Nov 12, 2015, at 7:20 AM, Chris House <housec01 at gmail.com<mailto:housec01 at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi All,

I've touched on this before in a previous email but I want to get more feedback from this group.  In my work my deliverables will sometimes include project files and data.  The data sharing is easy.  However, if the client uses ArcGIS how can I share things like symbology and project files?  I know this is a loaded question but I am running into some road blocks where my clients will have to duplicate everything in ArcGIS.  For many private and government organizations simply installing QGIS is not an option for them.  So far the cop out answer of is well that's their problem for vendor lock.  That isn't fair to a lot of my clients who don't get a choice in what software they use.  Most of the time these decisions are made at corporate level or at the highest governmental level.  I want to be able to produce quality work (which I can in QGIS) but I have to be able to share it when I need to without the duplication of work.

I understand that ArcGIS does not play ball and so the burden to share is all on QGIS.  This is a problem that needs to be overcome by the QGIS community if they want to expand and become an equal in places where corporations and government agencies make the software choices at the highest levels.

If somehow sharing projects and symbology (especially symbologyy) is already possible I would love to know how to do it.

V/R
Chris
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