[Qgis-user] Local Government for QGIS

[Joseph Sloop]

​Bernhard Ströbl asked me to elaborate on why I said, "it would be
unrealistic to say we could ever be a 100% QGIS."

So, here is my elaboration for what it is worth...Please keep in mind, I
would love for us to use a 100% FOSS/ QGIS...


   - Integration with 3rd party systems (Work Order Systems, Dispatch, etc.)
   - Webmaps - currently many departments use ArcGIS Online for data
   collection via tablets, webmaps in general etc...
   - Cadastral mapping function (I could have just missed this plugin, if I
   did someone please point me in the right direction) which allows mapping
   straight lines and curves
   - IT support and education is lacking in our shop...we are working on
   this education currently
   - I think this item is very important...at least in our shop, I have no
      permissions on my computer, so it goes back to proving ROI, etc. to upper
      management and IT departments


I hope this helps...

Joseph



On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Randal Hale <
rjhale at northrivergeographic.com> wrote:

>  If I could chip in - one of my clients is a large industrial client. They
> have two sides of their "mapping" group - Autocad and ESRI. Then I show up
> : ).
>
> They use the DWG format - in fact most of my clients that have autocad
> capability will send me DWG and when I go "hey could you convert that to
> dxf" there is a general groan. So - I pop open arcgis and convert. Now that
> I think about it I've never tried converting data from dwg to shape or back
> to dwg with gdal. I don't know if that is even possible (I need to look).
> TN's department of Transportation runs a healthy mix of
> ESRI/AutoCAD/Microstation (I think) but as far as a know no open source
> anything. I get the question of "What about DWG?" more than I care to
> mention.
>
> Having DWG capabilites would be a huge gain for QGIS (I think).
>
> Anyway - my unsolicited .02 cents worth.
>
> Randy
>
> On 06/15/2015 03:28 AM, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>
> Hi Micha,
>
> That is interesting - we invested a lot in the DXF export capabilities of
> QGIS. Once this is finished I am pretty sure we will also look to improve
> the situation regarding the import.
>
> Do you think import of DXF is enough or do we also need DWG support? If
> so, the best bet would probably be the Teigha library from the Open Design
> Alliance (https://www.opendesign.com/the_oda_platform/Teigha), which
> isn't available for free - but it is the library most other GIS (eg. ESRI,
> Intergraph) and CAD (eg. Bentley, Bricscad, etc.) are using. We would have
> to pay a membership fee, but it allows us to redistribute the library with
> the software. Membership in the consortium is affordable in my opinion.
>
> What are your thoughts on this? Would you also be available to help with a
> crowd-funding effort? Do you see options besides Teigha?
>
> Andreas
>
> On 15.06.2015 08:57, Micha Silver wrote:
>
>
>
> On 06/15/2015 09:23 AM, Bernhard Ströbl wrote:
>
> Hi Joseph,
>
> could you elaborate why "it would be unrealistic to say we
> could ever be a 100% QGIS"? I am curious because I lost contact with ESRI
> products a couple years ago.
>
>
> From our point of view, we need support for dwg. That side of vendor
> lock-in is, unfortunately, even stronger that the ties to ESRI. So we stay
> with Arc* not because of the GIS capabilites, but more or less only because
> of the ability to read Autocad plans and surveys.
>
>
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Joseph Sloop

PhD Candidate

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Department of Geography

jbsloop at uncg.edu
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