[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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> From: Stefan Steiniger <sstein at geo.uzh.ch>
> 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
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