tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133719028381465617.post6718925702564574357..comments2024-03-14T00:44:00.301-07:00Comments on GeoSprocket Community Jive: The Official TakeoverAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754519402032057803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133719028381465617.post-524126514784614942012-08-31T12:01:30.612-07:002012-08-31T12:01:30.612-07:00Hi Jeremy (and sorry to pull the comment; the link...Hi Jeremy (and sorry to pull the comment; the link was flagged),<br /><br />I wholeheartedly agree that ESRI is the finest GIS platform out there. I have ArcMap open on my machine right now, doing a task that is still vastly easier in that platform: raster georeferencing. QGIS has come to replace ArcMap for many things in my portfolio, but that has a lot to do with my dedication to open-source development. That's not exactly what I'm ranting about above, because I don't think web mapping IS GIS as we currently understand it.<br /><br />I'm talking about a different way of getting geographic information to the client end, intended as real cartography and separated from the geoprocessing (Which GIS analysts do anyway. How many time does "working.mxd" appear in your file tree?). Integrating the two is an admirable goal (props again to GeoIQ), but the public doesn't want "GIS in the cloud" to be the application with which they interact (Brian Timoney nailed it here:http://bit.ly/N1mwTS). ESRI is not good at this part, but they seem hell-bent on edging out the people who are. I object, and plan to continue objecting until ArcGIS Online isn't turning out this kind of map crap anymore: http://bit.ly/S61Zl3. At that point I'll probably add it to my toolkit.<br /><br />Keep fighting the good fight, in any case. We all benefit when the discussion turns away from data-crunching and toward information design.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754519402032057803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133719028381465617.post-6189391905852456502012-08-30T12:59:00.992-07:002012-08-30T12:59:00.992-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841158431303358616noreply@blogger.com