Presently, QGIS is also being used widely in various GIS projects, still companies are looking for experts in ArcGIS. Can we expect that this scenario will persists?
Har Amrit Singh Sandhu Yes, companies, particularly in the USA, will still keep looking for experts in ArcGIS. If your GIS infrastructure is ESRI, you will still need to hire ArcGIS specialists.
Which one is better? The one that best meets your project requirements.
From a functional perspective, for the vast majority of activities, they are inter changeable, with a sprinkling of specific advantages and disadvantages - ArcMap allows me to nail down every aspect of a tool's operation from the dialog box, for instance, QGIS has a much lower threshold for building plug-ins and such. Really any choice is aligning to your ecosystem of clients, employer, and customers, and the nature of your deliverables. Personally, IMHO, and 'expert' should be skilled in both, and as many others as possible. If you have to maintain your own tech infrastructure, Open Source is the way to go if you don't have a deep pocket institution or employer paying for your license.
ESRI has the capital and resources to create tools and models that makes ArcGIS products attractive. Some of the models and tools are proprietary and not open source. QGIS can however be made to do most of what we need as GIS Specialists/ Techs.
With that said, the ArcGIS plugins and APIs for Python and JavaScript allows me to do a lot I can't do with QGIS without having to search and debug a lot of what is on GitHub/ open source toolsets.
Prefer open-source QGIS for a begginer-type person or institutions. It's the best, easy to launch, learn and navigate. It offers a wide range of attachments to other scientific fields, as statistical and modelling. For advanced and commercialized outputs, it can still try; but when you get there, go for ArcGIS.
Of course Arc GIS is better than Q GIS.Because Arc GIS is not free version and has more advancement than QGIS.
QGIS is an open source whereas ArcGIS is a licensed software. If you are new to both ArcGIS & QGIS, i suggest you to learn and carry your project using QGIS. I recommend this because of its free availability, inclusivvity of various plugins and extensions and user friendly.
QGIS is an appropriate open source GIS software for practitioner and career beginner in GIS.
If your interesting is in companies that look to the future, OPENSOURCE QGIS with Python packge's.
I belive that who know what to do on GIS, with QGIS, Python packages, R, Fortran or other languages and math can be solve any challanges.
To comuns mapping work QGIS is good, with advantage, for free and you can found a big support community on forums.
If your challange don't solve with QGIS, can be use programing with python.
It depends on the availability of resources and type of analysis. Both are better. QGIS is good for the beginners.
I'll give you the same answer that I gave to this one (I link the original question so you can check the other answers if you would) -> https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_one_is_the_best_to_start_creating_a_map_for_a_project_QGIS_or_ArcGIS_for_a_beginner_in_GIS#view=618ea4acb733ff5186123ef0
Well, I've been using QGis for a long time and, although some operations are very "easy" and available online, I find ArcGis to be more intuitive. So, if you have the chance to get the license, go with ArcGis. Good luck!
QGIS good all the web mapping also available and easy to access with low configuration lap also
In my opinion, if you are going with Vector analysis and map generation, ArcMap will be an excellent choice. It's very user-friendly and easy to handle.
For raster analysis, I will go for QGIS.
In my opinion, for vector analysis and map generation, ArcMap will be an excellent choice but on other hand, QGIS is very user-friendly and easy to handle for raster analysis. Good luck
I agree with you, it depends on the application and I think QGIS is better for Raster analysis, Good Luck
The Qgis is easier than ArcGIS.
I invite you to see the below link for achieving this difference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5sfkSGSyio&list=PLaT4Cfntnc9hUhEeFLQ09pESP4f6v_uW_&index=10
If your processing and methodology depended on Vector Analysis and Management i think you need ArcGIS but if you don't have budget your choice only is QGIS (Open source software)
Hi dear Amirt
In my opinion, Qgis is better than ArcGIS for several reasons, and the main one is "Free to use".
I invite you to watch the below link to better know about the most straightforward processes we can do in Qgis!
QGIS Tutorial on YouTube: https://bit.ly/35zXNDS
All the best
if you want to play with the software go for QGIS. As well if you worry about the output of the GIS project then goto ESRI
As far as I know, mainly it depends on the application
Open source: QGIS, SAGA GIS, Grass GIS
Commercial: ArcGIS
But if you want to work with a model builder better to go with ArcGIS since QGIS has some issues.
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But if you couldn't afford better to go with an Open source package
When you do analysis integrated with remote sensing then QGIS would be more beneficial.
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ArcGIS is developed and owned by ESRI. The software has seen a lot of changes since its initial stages. The tools that it offers have enhanced its functionality over the years making it more user-friendly. However, QGIS, on the other hand, is a community software. It is open for everyone to add to its functionality. QGIS is widely used as it is free and much faster than ArcGIS.
Now the ESRI ArcGIS has shifted to ArcGIS Pro where many shortcoming of ArcGIS has been removed.
Thus, to sum up, both software’s are great GIS platforms to work on (see attached figure). Many like to use use both the software due to their varied flexibilities as per the requirements. The price is a deciding factor in many cases as QGIS offers most functionalities that you may require free of cost.
Regards.
I used ESRI products for 15 years, and then decided to switch to QGis a couple of years ago, for two very simple reasons: it's free and open-source. I want to do open science, and ArcGis is not 100% compatible with that, even though it is still, in my opinion, one of the best GIS solutions out there.
For governments and large companies, staying with ESRI is interesting because of the helpdesk/support they can get by paying licences; no need to ask your IT to find a solution on Stack Overflow! That said, even governments and large companies have been switching to free and open products, because it gives them more latitude and save them costs, especially now that these solutions propose full enterprise ecosystems (e.g. QGis server). I mean, a full ArcGIS desktop licence is well over $10 grands, and needs to be renewed every year! Come on!
27 Differences Between ArcGIS and QGIS – The Most Epic GIS Software Battle in GIS History:
1. QGIS mind-blowingly consumes all types of data: QGIS was born to work with PostGIS. But the list goes on for GIS format consumption… ENC, shapefile, geodatabase, MapInfo formats, Microstation file formats, AutoCAD DXF, SpatiaLite, Oracle Spatial, MSSQL Spatial databases, WellKnownText (WKT)…
2. Simplicity is beauty for user experience:
3. Explore your geodata with ArcCatalog and QGIS Browser
4. Fearlessly join tables in ArcMap and QGIS
5. ArcGIS and QGIS hit the bullseye for coordinate systems and projections
6. ArcGIS Online loads your arsenal with real world GIS data
7. Licensed to geoprocess
8. Have no fear, the plugins are here
(reference: https://gisgeography.com/qgis-arcgis-differences/)
according to this arguments QGIS is better
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