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What's keeping you from completely migrating to Open Source GIS on the desktop?
- Inadequate map composition (47%, 17 Votes)
- Other (please add a comment) (17%, 6 Votes)
- Quality of data management tools (11%, 4 Votes)
- Quality of editing tools (8%, 3 Votes)
- No support for my favorite GIS data store (8%, 3 Votes)
- Support issues (6%, 2 Votes)
- Lack of analysis tools (3%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 36
Start Date: January 2, 2010 @ 8:21 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Have you migrated to open source GIS on the desktop, forsaking your proprietary overlords? If so, what are you using? (Check all that apply)
- and I still use proprietary GIS (47%, 27 Votes)
- QGIS (45%, 26 Votes)
- QGIS with GRASS plugin (45%, 26 Votes)
- GRASS (26%, 15 Votes)
- gvSig (21%, 12 Votes)
- JUMP and/or variants (16%, 9 Votes)
- uDig (16%, 9 Votes)
- No migration here---I love my overlords (5%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 58
Start Date: November 20, 2009 @ 5:10 am
End Date: No Expiry
I think the map composer (map layout support) and editing is soon getting quite good. Also labeling is getting there with the newest builds. Along with the new symbology engine there is less and less an excuse regarding map symbology, printing and labeling.
For myself, one reason to also use proprietary solutions is that there are custom-tailored solutions for surveying and waste-water management: complex data models, customized forms and analysis tools, report builder, data-quality tools, etc. These applications are made to match the daily workflows.
Of course it is possible to redo these workflows with OS GIS. And we are already working on it. In the medium time frame more and more of the proprietary apps will be replaced by QGIS and custom Python applications. It is only a matter of time.