[Qgis-user] QGIS to ArcGIS

[Mike Shand]

HI Andreas,

As both an ArcGIS and QGIS user I often run courses and workshops for 
new or potential users particularity in the UK and Africa.

I currently have a client who uses ArcGIS as their main mapping software 
but has limited licences available.  They wish to have their field staff 
trained in using basic GIS to import and view GPS data collected in the 
field over GIS features (rivers, roads, admin bdys etc) or Google/Bing 
imagery with a view to producing location type maps for draft reports 
while out of the office.  It is then their intention to bring the maps 
into ArcGIS to enable their professional GIS cartographers to produce 
any final mapping.  It would be ideal to be able to bring both the QGIS 
symbol design and layout into ArcGIS rather than having to redo this 
work again in ArcGIS using the GIS data files (shapefile; gpx etc).

As I suspected it now looks like this will be the only solution, I will 
therefore encourage the client to create custom symbol specifications 
and layout templates to ensure the mapping has a consistent design and 
layout.  QGIS will undertake all the data input and analysis tasks 
required by the client's field staff and has many other advantages of 
use due to is portable nature.

As a professional cartographer I find the symbol design and layout 
facilities in QGIS very limiting for producing publication quality maps 
and would normally undertake any final map design and production in 
ArcGIS or Adobe Illustrator (with Avenza MaPublisher).

Thanks to all for their comments.

Regards,
Mike

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