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<p>Greetings from the South of Canada. <br>
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<p>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 products (it can build and edit ESRI file Based Geodatabases
(which I'm guessing may be a requirement)). It's my daily
driver....well - my only driver for Desktop GIS (I say that and
PostGIS will make you feel things deep down in your soul). <br>
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<p>Anyway - I know that's a short answer but - Enjoy your QGIS'ing.
Make Data. Enjoy. <br>
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<p>Randy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/23/23 12:09, Simon via QGIS-User
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Hello, </div>
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I work at the Department of National Defense for the Canadian
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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. After, I plan to create a layer that will show the
location of these buildings on a map. </div>
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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
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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
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If QGIS is not safe, are there other safe and similar softwares
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Thanks, </div>
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Simon</div>
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