[Qgis-user] QGIS and ArcGIS Pro

[Mats Elfström]

Hi All!
My view on ArcGIS Pro is this.
ArcGIS Desktop is strictly 32bit and only fake 3D and in dire need of
modernizing. Since the GUI also needed a face lift, ESRI decided to launch
a 'new' product instead of rewriting the old code. At the same time, they
found a way to secure steady cash flow by locking in users to Named
accounts on ArcGIS Online.
This buys them time to rewrite all extensions without disrupting work for
existing ArcGIS Desktop users.

Regards, Mats.E




2015-06-06 19:45 GMT+02:00 James Wood <jwood911 at gmail.com>:

> I've been using ArcGIS Pro since its Beta. Randal is right. You can not
> run it standalone and you must have an ArcGIS Online subscription to even
> open it. If this is the new Desktop (which I agree that's the direction
> Esri is moving), those restrictions will have to go away for their user
> market. Not everyone has an Internet connection at the time they need to
> open a desktop mapping application. It has some pretty neat functionality,
> allows manipulation of 3D data easily, and is lightening fast with heavy
> Enterprise DBs. It also conforms to the Microsoft application UI, in that
> it has ribbons instead of menus.
>
> QGIS has more comparisons to the existing ArcGIS Desktop application.
>
> James
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 6, 2015, at 08:57, Randal Hale <rjhale at northrivergeographic.com>
> wrote:
>
> I think it would be easier to argue (and I haven't used it....yet)
> ArcGISPro is a throw back to the Arcview 3.x series. Multiple layouts in
> one session, promoted as "GIS for managers", etc.
>
> There are some similarities between Pro and QGIS - I think QGIS is more
> comparable to ArcDesktop. With development ending on Desktop (yeah I said
> it) I think QGIS is poised to pick up the unhappy market of people who
> don't want a desktop application tied to an online application
> (arcgisonline). Desktop GIS still has a place in the world. I think QGIS
> could in theory start to make a bigger impact than it has been. Of course
> you have the entire ESRI ecosystem of software to deal with...but that's
> another story.
>
> Randy
>
>
>
> On 06/06/2015 07:16 AM, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> They are both GIS ;-) One costs tons of money, the other one is free.
>
> What exactly are you asking? What do you want to know?
>
> Andreas
>
> On 05.06.2015 18:19, Chrest, David wrote:
>
>  Anybody happen to notice any similarities between QGIS and ArcGIS Pro?
>
>
>
> David
>
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