[Qgis-user] QGIS and ESRI's ArcMAp

[Randal Hale]

Good Morning (Greetings from TN)

It's a really mixed bag as far as capabilities. I say that - I haven't 
used ArcGIS now for a bit except at ones client's office. The big thing 
you'll notice is it's a different workflow (not necessarily one being 
more right over another). So if you try some workflow you're used to in 
ArcGIS you might get a bit frustrated - but I get frustrated now with 
ArcGIS because of my workflows in QGIS.

  * In general all the extensions you're used to are already included.
    So things like the spatial analyst toolset is there already.
  * Probably the 3D environment in Pro is better (but I've never opened
    pro) - but QGIS is gaining momentum.
  * I find the community here is more vibrant - you can send emails on
    Saturday at noon to the listserve and get an answer.

  * I think QGIS is more flexible - but probably 8 years ago I would
    have argued ArcGIS was. I enjoy this software more now.
  * I think the cartography tools are equal and possibly better than
    ArcGIS.
  * Everyone here is more receptive to suggestions. You can file a bug
    report and talk to a person (and not get a 9999 error).

Give it a shot and start playing with it. Do a small project. Style it 
all up - make a PDF. Hopefully you'll like it -  possibly love it.

(look here -> this might help although it refers to an older version of 
QGIS - it's still a great read - 
https://gisunchained.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/qgis-features-i-long-for-while-using-arcgis/ 
)

Randy



On 06/29/2018 07:59 AM, Crosby, Scott wrote:
>
> Good morning,
>
> Are there tools and/or capabilities unique to QGIS that are not 
> available in ArcMap? I’m currently using ArcMap 10.5.1, and recently 
> installed QGIS.
>
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