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

[Patton, Eric]

I've started in on a new section in the Wiki called 'Working with your
ArcGIS data'. I want to cover how an ArcGIS user can get their existing
vector and raster into Grass formats. This seems to be a huge stumbling
block based on my experience working with Arc users. I will warn that it
will be biased towards the datasets I'm familiar working with, so other
Grass experts feel free to fill in areas I don't cover as well. 

I've started with vector data and v.in.ogr; there's only a little bit there,
but I want to take my time at it:
http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Tips_for_ArcInfo_users

~ Eric.

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

The beauty of doing this in a Wiki is that multiple people, with
different knowledge of different parts of both programs can add to it.

Michael
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From: M S <mseibel at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:59:11 -0400
To: <grassuser at grass.itc.it>
Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Re: Suggestion for website/manual

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
<mailto:Thomas.Adams at noaa.gov> <mailto: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
<mailto:dylan.beaudette at gmail.com> <mailto: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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>> > MSN: jgrn3007 at hotmail.com
>> >
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