[Qgis-user] ArcGIS & QGIS

[Chris House]

Thanks Holger,

While symbolgoy from ArcGIS to QGIS is also an issue the main question is
how do i get the symbology to my clients from QGIS.  It has to be a simple
method.  While a direct import and read in ArcGIS may not be possible, it
has to be easy that clients don't see it as an issue.

Andreas,

I'm looking into ArcGIS and SLD now that's always been my suspicion if this
is possible it will be there.  However, there is no documentation for
ArcGIS desktop application reading SLD (only WMS) also no tool box tools
that I could find to convert SLD to layer.  I have seen a (i believe German
made) tool that would convert lyr to sld but I could not get it to work in
the short time i worked with it.

I want to note that I am very familiar with ArcGIS up to version 10.2.2
I've only recently been exposed to 10.3.  That being said in my business I
do not have ArcGIS.



v/r
Chris

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Holger Naumann <holger.naumann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> I print the legend with the symbols and signatures I need into a SVG
> file (from ArcMap). From this file, I create my set of symbols (svg)
> with inkscape.
>
> regards
> Holger
>
> Am 12.11.2015 um 14:20 schrieb Chris House:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've touched on this before in a previous email but I want to get more
> > feedback from this group.  In my work my deliverables will sometimes
> > include project files and data.  The data sharing is easy.  However, if
> > the client uses ArcGIS how can I share things like symbology and project
> > files?  I know this is a loaded question but I am running into some road
> > blocks where my clients will have to duplicate everything in ArcGIS.
> > For many private and government organizations simply installing QGIS is
> > not an option for them.  So far the cop out answer of is well that's
> > their problem for vendor lock.  That isn't fair to a lot of my clients
> > who don't get a choice in what software they use.  Most of the time
> > these decisions are made at corporate level or at the highest
> > governmental level.  I want to be able to produce quality work (which I
> > can in QGIS) but I have to be able to share it when I need to without
> > the duplication of work.
> >
> > I understand that ArcGIS does not play ball and so the burden to share
> > is all on QGIS.  This is a problem that needs to be overcome by the QGIS
> > community if they want to expand and become an equal in places where
> > corporations and government agencies make the software choices at the
> > highest levels.
> >
> > If somehow sharing projects and symbology (especially symbologyy) is
> > already possible I would love to know how to do it.
> >
> > V/R
> > Chris
> >
> >
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