<div dir="ltr">In my training, one thing I found immensely valuable, was even a small amount of cross-training. For example, if the course is primarily given with Arc, showing students how easily similar operations can be conducted in a differnent tool - your course might give 'proficiency' in a main tool of focus, but also a 'working knowledge' of other tools (I originally learned primarily in Manifold GIS, with some Arc sprinkled in by the professor). I think the titles of different software packages that exist can be a hinderance and overwhelming, particularly to new GIS users who 'only learned on Arc/QGIS'. Thus, even a small bit of cross training can go a long way - both in terms of actual knowledge and working confidence to try new things.<div><br></div><div>hope that helps.</div><div>best,</div><div>Mike</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Jochen Albrecht <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jochen.albrecht@gmail.com" target="_blank">jochen.albrecht@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>It really depends on who your audience is, Markus.</div><div>In general, the advice that you got is (still) true but:</div><div>I am not aware of any GIS program from small consultancies to large multi-hundred seats enterprise systems that don't now also use QGIS.</div><div>I have put this question to employers as part of a graduate class, where in the course of 15 weeks, we visited a range of GIS employers once a week.</div><div>Without exception, they told me that we would be remiss if we skipped ArcGIS completely. But they also, unanimously (public, private, and non-profit) were adamant that if we don't teach our students open source software that we would be doing our students a disservice.</div><div>So, if this is only one course, and if the audience is in wealthy countries, then the answer is ArcGIS. If your audience is people who cannot afford commercial licenses or organizations that are just starting to get into the GIS business, then the answer would be QGIS. If you are offering more than one course, then I would recommend to teach both.</div><div>Cheers,</div><div> Jochen</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-7730041205618875327gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>Dr. Jochen Albrecht</div><div>Computational and Theoretical Geography</div><div>Hunter College CUNY<br></div><div>695 Park Avenue</div><div>New York, NY 10065</div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Markus Weidenbach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:landconsult@freenet.de" target="_blank">landconsult@freenet.de</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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Dear List,<br>
<br>
I was asked to give a 5 days international GIS training course at
the university and proposed to do it with QGIS. The program leader
finally insisted on doing it with ArcGIS arguing that the students
had better chances to find a job knowing ArcGIS rather than QGIS.
This argumentation does not reflect my long professional experience
as a GIS consultant at all!<br>
But how can I proof that knowing QGIS is the better choice for young
GIS professionals than ArcGIS (or at least that both systems are
equally suited)? <br>
Does anybody know any official numbers of GIS users worldwide or on
the worldwide application of QGIS over ArcGIS?<br>
<br>
I know the Master thesis from Boku Vienna
(<a class="m_-7730041205618875327m_1327823297928720701moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://geoobserver.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-qgis/" target="_blank">https://geoobserver.wordpress<wbr>.com/2016/02/09/arcgis-vs-<wbr>qgis/</a>) but
it is focused on a technical comparison of both systems only.<br>
Also the link
<a class="m_-7730041205618875327m_1327823297928720701moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_report/documents/gis-winter-2016-report" target="_blank">https://www.g2crowd.com/grid_r<wbr>eport/documents/gis-winter-201<wbr>6-report</a>
is not really helpful because it is based on some 40 reviews only
and therefore not representative.<br>
I really need to know some proven facts on the number of global QGIS
users and renown companies using QGIS worldwide.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your help in advance,<br>
Markus<span class="m_-7730041205618875327HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Dr. Markus Weidenbach <br>
<b>landConsult.de</b>
<br>
Geographical Information Management
<br>
and Environmental Planning
<br>
D-77815 Bühl
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Germany
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e.mail see: <a class="m_-7730041205618875327m_1327823297928720701moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://landConsult.de" target="_blank">http://landConsult.de</a></div>
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