[mapserver-users] [OFF-TOPIC]FreeGIS like ArcFamily

[Puneet Kishor]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EDUARDO PATTO KANEGAE [mailto:EDUARDOPK at vcp.com.br]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:42 AM
> To: MapServer USERS (Correio eletrônico)
> Subject: [mapserver-users] [OFF-TOPIC]FreeGIS like ArcFamily
> 
> 
> is there any software or set of software, under the 
> free-software, that
> would be possible to:
>  
> - import data from CAD files( dxf, dgn)
> - work on .SHAPEFILE format
> - generates TIN/DTM
> - generates 3D Visualization of DTM surfaces
> - interpolation of point values
>  
> well, i think the right question may be: is there a way of 
>     using free-software for making the same results( or 
> nearest) that ESRI
> Arc* does?


you wish, eh! ;-). I mean Arc* is a very large set... how about Arc?\?

seriously, some of it could be done. 

- visualization could be achieved with Grass. so could tin/dtm, etc.
- dunno what you mean by 'work on .SHAPEFILE format' I mean, mapserver works
on shapefiles

there is whole bunch listed at http://opensourcegis.org/ you might want to
give it a gander.

pk/