Round 2 in which ArcGIS throws in the towel. (Please note: This post is about clipping in ArcGIS version 10.0. The functionality has been improved, and problems mentioned have been fixed in later versions of ArcGIS) This is a follow-up to my previous post where I matched up ArcGIS and QGIS in a clipping contest. One of the commenters on that post expressed some concern that there might be “…something else going on…” with my test, and I agreed. It was unfathomable to me that an ESRI product could be out-done by such a wide margin. Knowing that ArcGIS often…
Tag: QGIS
ArcGIS–QGIS Faceoff
Is QGIS a viable alternative to ArcGIS? (Please note: This post is about clipping in ArcGIS version 10.0. The functionality has been improved, and problems mentioned have been fixed in later versions of ArcGIS) I’ve never enjoyed working with contours. They seem to bog down my system more than any other layer type I work with. However, most of my clients are so used to looking at USGS Topo maps they expect to see them on at least one of the maps I produce for them. I recently worked on a project covering a five-town area in the Catskill Mountain…