[OSGeo-Discuss] Auto complete in Open Jump. OS GIS vs ESRI

George Silva georger.silva at gmail.com
Wed Apr 30 10:05:18 PDT 2008


Hello Ravi,

Right now ive tested Qgis rc 0.9.2, which acomplishes the 'autocomplete'
task. I still need to teste OpenJUMP.

Thanks for the insight

George

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:06 AM, RAVI KUMAR <ravivundavalli at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
> here is some encouraging information from OJ
> Cheers
> Ravi Kumar
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>   1. Re: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS tasks       with    OS
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> Subject: Re: [jump-users] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS
>        tasks   with    OS (as with ESRI)?
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> btw. OpenJUMPs Nightly Build has also an Auto-Complete Polygon tool,
> now. From a personal stand point I think OpenJUMPs editing capabilities
> for Vector data are very good and straight forward. What we don't - in
> comparison to ESRI ArcGIS is something like the "tracing" function.
>
> Stefan
>
> RAVI KUMAR wrote:
> > Hi Cameron,
> > the table of comparison is informative.
> > Most of the ARC-GIS users (my personal view) are Vector GIS users.
> > They are concerned of
> > 1. Registration of Paper maps into GIS
> > 2. Attribution
> > 3. Analysis depending on their need.
> >
> > CAD
> >
> > 4. Outputs of the above are also to be plotted in elegant maps with
> > proper symbology and standard colors.
> >
> > As an OSGeo enthusiast I recommend a cocktail of OS GIS software mix.
> >
> >
> > OpenJUMP and Qgis for steps Qgis 1 to 3
> > Qgis and GRASS for advanced analysis
> > GRASS for statistical analysis with R
> >
> > OpenJUMP and Inkscape for step 4. As a geologist I get oriented
> > structures properly symbolised and rotated (possible in OpenJUMP)
> >
> > Am making some notes and soon wish to offer for downloading through
> > GRASS and OpenJUMP websites.
> >
> > Ravi Kumar
> >
> >
> > */Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>/* wrote:
> >
> >     Ravi,
> >     What us Open Source evangelists are missing is an honest comparison
> >     between ESRI desktop applications and Open Source equivalents.
> >
> >     What is it about ArcView and ArcGIS that people really like, listed
> >     feature by feature in a table.
> >     Then identify whether Open Source covers it and how.
> >     Very important is to address usability. How quickly can an Arc* user
> >     migrate to Open Source?
> >     My skill set is lacking here as I don't have much experience in
> either
> >     ESRI or the Open Source desktop tools. It seems like you have
> >     experience
> >     with both which puts you in a unique position.
> >
> >     Is this something you, or one of your students would like to
> >     investigate
> >     further? Maybe build a table similar to this one:
> >     http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm
> >
> >     RAVI KUMAR wrote:
> >      > Hi,
> >      > this is the kind of question I face when in my lectures
> evangelising
> >      > OS GIS.
> >      > ArcGIS has many tools, though some prefer to call it a deluge of
> >      > tools, which almost distance the user from understanding the
> concept
> >      > of GIS.
> >      >
> >      > Auto Complete Polygon:
> >      > In Qgis which is a very userfriendly OS GIS you have 'Cut
> >     polygon', do
> >      > try and find the difference.
> >      >
> >      > Polygonising from lines:
> >      > Open JUMP has one of the most userfriendly approaches.
> >      > Create lines and polygonise in OpenJUMP and the software
> >     automatically
> >      > creates a folder for Dangles (un-wanted line pieces)
> >      >
> >      > The query is more for Vector GIS, I suppose.
> >      >
> >      > GRASS GIS:
> >      > It has so many features for Image analysis and Raster GIS, the
> >      > commercial GIS need a barge pole to even touch it. The vector
> >     Part of
> >      > GRASS is robust too.
> >      >
> >      > Ravi Kumar
> >      >
> >      >
> >      > */Markus Neteler /* wrote:
> >      >
> >      > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:55 PM, George R. C. Silva
> >      > wrote:
> >      > ...
> >      > > One thing GIS OS software could have are better editing tools.
> I
> >      > do miss
> >      > > them alot, and the one is ArcGIS are unbeatable (i dont know
> any
> >      > O.S.
> >      > > software that have 'autocomplete polygon', tons of snapping
> >      > options, etc -
> >      > > btw, if you do, let me know).
> >      > >
> >      > > FOSS is great, but it lacks (IMHO) better editing options.
> >      >
> >      > We are working on that:
> >      >
> http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxPython-based_GUI_for_GRASS#Digitizer
> >      >
> >      > Screenshots:
> >      > http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/gui.php
> >      > -> wxPython (new GUI)
> >      >
> >      > You can try out the prototype in GRASS 6.3.0 (released
> yesterday):
> >      > http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html
> >      >
> >      > Get MacOSX, Linux and now even native MS-Windows binaries with
> >      > *installer* at
> >      > http://grass.osgeo.org/download/index.php#g63x
> >      >
> >      > Enjoy
> >      > Markus
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