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A more germane point to our Canadian friend’s query is the fact that the U.S. NGA, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, went completely Open Source back in 2017 due to the fact that ESRI would not allow them to view the source code to check for trap
doors, etc. They had been a very large ESRI user up to that point. They let out a US$ 36 million contract in 2017 for Open Source geospatial software, support, maintenance, etc.
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<div class="">Here in North Carolina, our State Board of Elections went Open Source in 2019 due to the same issues. So in an important way, Open Source is potentially
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<div class="">And I really don’t think discussing QGIS on a mailing list or chat is covered under ITAR…</div>
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Greetings from the South of Canada.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">
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So I'm a user and not a programmer by any stretch. The open source license for QGIS covers the Software. Your data is your data and no one else's unless you physically share it. It's not any less safe than Arcpro. The data it builds is compatible with ESRI
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I work at the Department of National Defense for the Canadian government and had some questions regarding QGIS. </div>
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Firstly, I'm working on a project to determine the seismic risk and vulnerability of all the department's buildings different Canadian Provinces. An important part of the project will be to create a geodatabase containing crucial information about each building.
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Now, a large portion of the information regarding the buildings and their locations is confidential, and so I'm wondering if the geodatabase and layer that I plan to create will be safe and protected, or if other users will have access to them since QGIS is
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At first, I was planning to work with ArcGIS Pro but I'm currently waiting for a license. When or if it comes through, I'll stick with ArcGIS but for now QGIS seems to be the best alternative. </div>
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If QGIS is not safe, are there other safe and similar softwares you can recommend? </div>
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