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

Thu Jun 15 15:03:36 EDT 2006

This will help many people.

Michael
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Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
Arizona State University

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> From: "Patton, Eric" <epatton at nrcan.gc.ca>
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:32:46 -0300
> To: 'Michael Barton ' <michael.barton at asu.edu>, 'M S ' <mseibel at gmail.com>,
> "'grassuser at grass.itc.it '" <grassuser at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: RE: [GRASS-user] Re: Suggestion for website/manual
> 
> 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.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grassuser-bounces at grass.itc.it
> To: M S; grassuser at grass.itc.it
> Sent: 6/15/2006 12:54 PM
> 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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> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
> Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
> Arizona State University
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> phone: 480-965-6213
> fax: 480-965-7671
> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
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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
>>>> AIM: jgrn3007
>>>> MSN: jgrn3007 at hotmail.com
>>>> 
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