[GRASS-user] GRASS through the eyes of ARC user

[M S]

complete opinion, and completely wrong.  Considering the vector advances
with GRASS, it will not be long before it is a feature for feature
comparison.  The core essence of Enterprise GIS is heavily built around the
relational database management system and database middleware/broker, more
so than the "vector editing" software component.

GRASS can be used in an enterprise GIS situation.  Enterprise GIS does not
consist of a single software, but rather it is the combination of several
technologies that create this enterprise system.

here's just one replacement lineup for enterprise GIS, while recognizing
there are other viable alternatives.  Enterprise GIS under an ESRI solution
is tens of thousands of dollars:

GIS vector topology editing software
arcmap/arcinfo vs GRASS

GIS backend RDBMS:
no ESRI database vs. PostgreSQL

Database Middleware/Broker:
ArcSDE vs. PostGIS

GIS End user and/or Cartography:
ArcView  vs.  Quantum GIS

Web Deployment of GIS Data:
ArcIMS  vs.  Mapserver

GIS Toolset:
ArcToolbox  vs.  GDAL / OGR

Hardware
Windows vs. Linux
(if windows is the answer here, your asking the wrong question.  Since ESRI
dumped the UNIX community in year 2000 and wrote ArcMap strictly for
Windows, there are inherent issues with building enterprise GIS around a
windows/ESRI system)



On 8/22/06, RAVI KUMAR <ravivundavalli at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Please examine the conclusion arrived at by an Indian
> Department involved in GIS.
>
> "ArcInfo/ArcGIS, a vector based GIS, has evolved since
> early 1980s and has many more functionalities than the
> vector module of GRASS. The Visualisation and map
> layout are much better, which is lacking in GRASS. The
> Enterprise GIS is mainly vector based and GRASS cannot
> be immediate substitute"
>
> Is GRASS really lacking when it comes to Enterprise
> GIS
> Ravi Kumar
>
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