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On 01/03/2012 15:31, Derek Hohls wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I found their conclusion somewhat disappointing.
Arc/GIS was launched in 1999, and Arc/INFO (command line predecessor, equivalent to GRASS) in 1982. GRASS also launched in 1982 and ILWIS launched in 1984, so how they can say these are "relatively young" does not make sense. Also to keep in mind that the code-base that many of these "younger" packages build on is much older than their launch dates... I think the "less overall GIS functionality" is due to the smaller user base and number of contributers, and has nothing to do with age per se.
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The report was published in 2009, probably written a year earlier.
That's 4 years ago = a very long time for fast moving projects like
QGIS. The current version certainly fills in all the gaps that were
reported as "less overall functionality" back then. <br>
Considering that Arc* has 25+ years of development behind it, it's
astounding how far QGIS has come in ± 7 years. <br>
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My 2c! But I would really like to hear from others on this topic.
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<pre wrap="">The paper can be accessed directly with no subscription here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geo.uzh.ch/~sstein/manuscripts/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf">http://www.geo.uzh.ch/~sstein/manuscripts/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf</a>
An interesting read. Highlights from the Conclusion:
"We report that due to the relative youth of the eight evaluated FOS GIS
projects, they generally tend to have less overall GIS functionality than
proprietary high-end GIS... However, on the positive side they all
provide the basic GIS functions needed in LSE[Landscape Ecology]; they are
easy to customise; a growing number of specialised functions and plug-ins
already exists for specific LSE applications; and there is a growing
community of practitioners willing to freely share their ideas, code and
expertise."
From: Howard Y
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>
Date: 28/02/2012 14:51
Subject: [Qgis-user] Re: New to QGIS, Best solution?
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David,
Tables 2 and 3 of the following paper have some very nice comparisons of
various open source software and ArcGIS 9.3.
Steiniger, Stefan, and Geoffrey J. Hay, Free and open source geographic
information tools for landscape ecology, Ecological Informatics, Volume 4,
Issue 4, September 2009, Pages 183-195.
If you can't access their paper, contact the authors and they will send
you
a PDF of the paper.
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