[GRASS-user] Re: Suggestion for website/manual

[M S]

i would gladly be a part of a arc/info to grass translation team, or
illustrating feature comparisons.

On 6/14/06, Thomas Adams <Thomas.Adams at noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> Along these same lines, it would be *really* valuable (for many) to list
> side-by-side the features of GRASS vs ArcGIS and also layout arguments
> supporting the use of GRASS over ArcGIS. I'm trying to do this, but I
> could very much use some help. I am on a National team within the US
> National Weather Service to make a recommendation on what direction to
> go with GIS. Clearly, there are plusses and minuses with both. I have a
> table of GIS requirements for River Forecast Centers and GRASS seems to
> meet the vast majority of needs, however I am up against prejudice in
> much the same way that Apple Computer has struggled against MS-Windows
> users; much stemming from people who have never tried using GRASS GIS,
> or at least, not in the past 4-5 years!
>
> Tom
>
>
> David Finlayson wrote:
> > I think it would be perfect for the wiki. A few other issues would be
> > the difference between grass region vs. setwindow/mapextent; grass
> > LOCATION/MAPSET vs. ArcInfo's directory structure (none).  And of
> > course, how to convert your data back and forth.
> >
> > On 6/14/06, Dylan Beaudette <dylan.beaudette at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Jonathan,
> >>
> >> How about a section on the wiki, i am not so sure if it would be a
> >> good idea to pollute the standard man pages with arcinfo stuff.
> >> Perhaps something like the table which compares GRASS 5 features to
> >> GRASS 6.
> >>
> >> any volunteers? :)
> >>
> >> Dylan
> >>
> >> On 6/14/06, Jonathan Greenberg <jgreenberg at arc.nasa.gov> wrote:
> >> > It occurs to me it would be really useful to have an "arc/info
> >> equivalent"
> >> > portion of the GRASS website, since many of us come from an ESRI
> >> background
> >> > -- basically have a listing of arc commands and their respective
> grass
> >> > commands, with maybe some notes on differences between the two.
> >> Thoughts?
> >> > A wiki-like approach to building this up might be the best, so each
> >> of us
> >> > who is working on an arc-> grass conversion project can post info on
> >> > comparisons of the functions.  Thoughts?
> >> >
> >> > --j
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> > Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD
> >> > NRC Research Associate
> >> > NASA Ames Research Center
> >> > MS 242-4
> >> > Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
> >> > Phone: 415-794-5043
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> >> >
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