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

[Ian Turton]

On 3/29/06, M.Blackmore <mblackmore at oxlug.org> wrote:
>
> 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?


I think for what Mike wants GRASS is overkill - remember mapinfo doesn't
really do that much for most people. I'd suggest uDig 
(*udig*.refractions.net/)
as a much simpler and useful desktop gis which being writen in java is
nicely multiplatform.

Ian

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