[Qgis-user] Local Government for QGIS

[Johanna Botman]

I, too, work for local government - in New South Wales (Australia).

We were an exclusively MapInfo shop until I came along. Not that I can
claim the move to QGIS ... but adding me to the staff meant that the
opportunity was there to explore open source software and how it would fit
into Council's IT and GIS.

There are hiccups, of course, but I find QGIS to be as robust as MapInfo,
sometimes better and sometimes not as good. I think, though, that this can
be said of any software comparisons.

Our reasons for changing were as the OP described - an unwillingness to be
locked into proprietary formats and expensive licensing agreements. We may
not be on QGIS forever, either. We are open minded enough to examine the
alternatives as they present themselves and take advantage of opportunities
as they arise.

While we are being asked to do more with less resources, we see this as the
most appropriate course at this time.

We have the support of consultants who know and understand QGIS and who are
partners with enterprises who fund and develop changes and improvements
with QGIS. And personally, I have found the help and support available
through this mail list to be invaluable. Through this mail list I have been
able to deal directly with the developer of a particular component of QGIS
and had it fixed in the nightly build.

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Johanna Botman
GIS / Assets Officer


Griffith City Council
Ph: 02 6962 8168
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