From rhoskins@home.com Fri Apr 16 16:49:00 1999 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id QAA112822 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:48:59 -0700 Received: from ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (siteadm@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id QAA23447 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:48:58 -0700 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA2573; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:48:57 -0700 Message-ID: <00a501be8863$b004d880$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Richard E. Hoskins" To: Cc: References: Subject: Re: ESRI listserve Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:48:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Jim: I think you have had adequate response about MapInfo. With respect to Maptitude (Caliper Corp) I am not aware that they have any user group which I have pointed out more than a few times would be a good idea. For public health use they have a great product but its marketed in a way I do not quite understand. I mean, and this is my opinion not the organization I work for, they got something health departments can afford, it's easy to use, it works, they give away a lot of free data, they are basically nice guys, and if you are just a person in a health dept that needs to make a map for a publication or for a board meeting, this product is just right. The learning curve is basically horizontal, compared to others which is vertical. But if old fashioned assessment or surveillance is what is needed, this product can help you do that as well. Whatever your taste, these products are inter-convertible. If you have MapInfo you can read ESRI files, same for Maptitude. Same for Manifold. Same for GeoMedia (especially) . Same for Maptitude. Although I am not quite sure ESRI can read everyone else's files. Maybe - not quite sure. The point: choose what you like that will do the job you need to be done - and use it. And of course what you can afford. Dick Hoskins ----- Original Message ----- From: J. Gale To: Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 3:45 PM Subject: Re: ESRI listserve > Dick: What kind of useres groups are there for new users of MapInfo > or Maptitude? > > Jim Gale > University of Washington > > > > On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Richard E. Hoskins wrote: > > > ESRI the maker of ArcInfo and ArcView has its own listserve ArcView_L@esri.com. > > > > If you have ArcView and need friends to help you out this is a group for you. Send them an eMAIL and ask how to join. > > > > Also http://www.esri.com has some free stuff that might appeal to you. Check out their annual users conference which is likely the best GIS gee whiz show anywhere. If you are an ESRI product user, especially ArcInfo you get a big discount (even free). Of course since we are in public health and never have any $ to go anywhere.... maybe a friend working in the private sector can tell you all about it. > > > > Dick Hoskins > > > > .