[GRASS-user] [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?]

[John C. Tull]

Where GRASS fails relative to ESRI products is in cartographic map  
output. Others may differ with my view, but creating high-quality map  
outputs in GRASS is non-trivial. I have started using Mapserver to  
create my cartographic maps. Generic Mapping Tools is another option,  
but one that I have found to be more challenging than using a  
Mapserver mapfile. Please correct me if I am overlooking something in  
GRASS.

Regards,
John

On Apr 24, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Wolf Bergenheim wrote:

> This question should go to the GRASS user mailinglist.
>
> I'm not a full time GIS analyst, but so far I have not needed  
> anything from ESRI that GRASS and/or other OSGeo projects can't do.  
> Arc is perhaps a bit stronger on the cartography side of things, but  
> with a bit of patience you can produce nice maps with GRASS.
>
> --Wolf
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as  
> with ESRI)?
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:41:17 -0600
> From: Jennifer Horsman <jen at jencarta.com>
> Reply-To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> References: <2D44BABC-44BC-4572-9C5A-59DB8F6DC632 at osgeo.org> <0D544207876CDA428F17DD7EA448C192BEAEFF at bailey.DOMAIN.KSNINC.PVT 
> >
>
> The thread that was started today with the subject "Your open source
> career" got me thinking about asking a question that has been rolling
> around in my head. This is pointed at those people who have experience
> with ESRI products as well as OS GIS products.
>
> I have been a long-time user of ESRI products, but I want to start my
> own contract business and will not be able to afford the license for
> ArcGIS/ArcInfo. So I recently set up a Linux box with GRASS installed,
> but it has been over 10 years since I have used GRASS (it has probably
> changed since then too!)
>
> Does GRASS have the same analysis and display capabilities as  
> ArcGIS? I
> know this is a very general question, so perhaps another question  
> would
> be where does GRASS fall short and where does it excel in comparison  
> to
> the ESRI products?
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer
>
>
>
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