[OSGeo-Discuss] Which is "best" Mapinfo "substitute"??

[Markus Neteler]

On 3/29/06, pmarc <paulomarcondes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2006/3/29, M.Blackmore <mblackmore at oxlug.org>:
> > As the project has one (only, single) licenced copy of Mapinfo and no
> > dosh for more, which of the available open source gis
> > packages/suites/systems would be the most "substitutable" for mapinfo?
>
> Have a look at GRASSS (grass.itc.it)
>
> It pay be a bit painfull to learn (maybe not more thatn any of its
> proprietary counterparts), as it is quite complex.

Enjoy QGIS with GRASS plugin or JAVAGRASS for
graphical user interfaces. Or the new gis.m GIS manager (built-in).

> It runs natively on Un*x, runs on windows over cygwin and there is a
> port to windows, but I don't know its state. Maybe MarkusN could know
> better.

* Linux etc downloads:
   http://grass.itc.it/download/

* winGRASS native: It's under development, but in major parts functional:
   http://mpa.itc.it/radim/wingrass/

Best

 Markus