Previously we had compared licensing costs on GIS platforms, at least Those that support sQLServer 2008.
This is an analysis done by Bruin, a day that I had to make a decision to implement a map service (IMS). For this, he made a comparison of when it was difficult to integrate two operators at the desk level, to prepare the cartography and an ims service.
The prices are in Pounds Sterling, as quoted Patrick at that time, however although the dollar has fallen sharply the relationship remains.
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| 2 Universal Licenses | 2 | £280 | £560 |
| 1 IMS Runtime Version | 1 | £100 | £100 |
ESRI
| 2 Licenses ArcGIS 9 | 2 | £1,450 | £2,900 |
| ArcIMS | 1 | £9,950 | £9,950 |
MapInfo
| 2 Mapinfo Professional licenses | 2 | £1,095 | £2,190 |
| 1 Mapinfo MapXtreme | 1 | £10,750 | £10,750 |
| Total | £12,940 |
CadCorp
| 2 Licenses CadCorp Map Editor | 2 | £2,200 | £4,400 |
| CadCorp IMS (1 operator?) | 1 | 8,500 | £8,500 |
| GeognoSIS IDK | 1 | £5,500 | £5,500 |
| Thick Client Web Interface | 1 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
| Total | £19,400 |
It's good that it's cheaper with ESRI, because that helps the sustainability of a well-known platform, and it's rescatable to see that manifold, A tool that On several occasions we have considered, is seen by experienced users; this benefits the competition of prices for small and medium companies ... it remains to be seen if it is sustained.
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how I work with arc gis 9.2 in the cadastre area lately and had a bit of problems regarding my databases have told me that I can work with sql databases but I do not know how you work if you can give me reports about these databases
oh the support ...
Anecdote Grandfather chives:
A month or so ago we discovered a bug in UMN Mapserver, it was hard for us to believe it because it is really weird and to see a bug in this stable software. The fact is that it was quite fat (and we had a client waiting for a solution) and we commented on the mapserver mailing list.
Automagically, a ticket In the project management system and in 2 DAYS The bug was resolved in version control of the project. We were left to download the corrected source code, compile it and in total some 3 or 4 days was In the client Running without errors.
That's support: quality, immediate, let's say free (not quite true, everybody's time costs something, the good thing is that it is distributed) and ultimately effective.
What more could you want?
I agree with you in terms of prices, whoever will implement an IMS is supposed to have the experience in development to look for a free alternative ... before which the support is criticized
But ESRI responds to you for free?… Still the guarantee is in the communities that are the ones who respond to you when you get complicated.
In the comparison made by the original author (Patrick) was not Geomedia, we may look at it another time
regards
I'm not going to mess with the desktop GIS (I get lost: P), but of course today to spend money on map servers you have to JUSTIFY it, a lot, because with the quantity and variety of free solutions the truth is That spending that money on an ArcIMS, MapXtreme or whatever I think is a real waste.
By the way, I am surprised that Intergraph products do not appear in this comparison ...
A greeting!