<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi,<div><br><div>Your data is your data! It will be safe if you keep it safe. If you have any concerns regarding the safety of QGIS, send a mail to the NRCAN Canadian mapping service in Sherbrooke Quebec. They use QGIS and other products. Between you and me, I would stick with QGIS as ArcGIS could lock you into proprietary file formats. I would say ArcGIS is the best alternative to QGIS!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Nicolas Cadieux</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">Le 23 mai 2023 à 12:10, Simon via QGIS-User <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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Hello, </div>
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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.
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 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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Thanks, </div>
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Simon</div>
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