-Opening a new document -Loading Metadata -Viewing Metadata -Layering Data -Shifting between data layers -Constructing new files - -Running spatial analysis After performing the tasks I created the following table with my findings. Task/Category ArcGIS MapInfo Re-draw or re-position map No command. Strong map editing features. “UnDo” regions (eg., planning zones, Cannot edit Arc/Info format Can build and edit regions zip codes, town boundaries.) data; can edit file” defined by up to 32,000 “shape format data. points. Cannot add points (vertices) to Can reverse edits re-shape an existing region with command. UnDo shape. Can display but cannot import regions defined by more than 5,000 points Combine, split, and trim Merge adjacent regions (shape Combine regions, split one map regions. file format only). No region with another region, “polygon overlay” operations, so cannot and an area of overlap “erase” split one region with another between regions. or trim one region to fit the adjacent region border. Adjacency, and Can select within a buffer but Buffer regions “buffers”, proximity: What's does not create the buffer zone automatically with ring or happening nearby. for use in further analysis. buffer objects retained. Buffer Very limited ability to build size controlled by data values. new map layers from Computes and distance “near” combinations of old layers. functions, but via relatively Easy implementation of complex method. “near” functions. Most sophisticated features to compute intersections and overlaps among regions.
-Opening a new document -Loading Metadata -Viewing Metadata -Layering Data -Shifting between data layers -Constructing new files - -Running spatial analysis After performing the tasks I created the following table with my findings. Task/Category ArcGIS MapInfo Re-draw or re-position map regions (eg., planning zones, zip codes, town boundaries.) No “UnDo” command. Cannot edit Arc/Info format data; can edit “shape file” format data. Cannot add points (vertices) to re-shape an existing region shape. Can display but cannot import regions defined by more than 5,000 points Strong map editing features. Can build and edit regions defined by up to 32,000 points. Can reverse edits with UnDo command. Combine, split, and trim map regions. Merge adjacent regions (shape file format only). No “polygon overlay” operations, so cannot split one region with another or trim one region to fit the adjacent region border. Combine regions, split one region with another region, and “erase” an area of overlap between regions. Adjacency, “buffers”, and proximity: What's happening nearby. Can select within a buffer but does not create the buffer zone for use in further analysis. Very limited ability to build new map layers from combinations of old layers. Easy implementation of “near” functions. Buffer regions automatically with ring or buffer objects retained. Buffer size controlled by data values. Computes “near” and distance functions, but via relatively complex method. Most sophisticated features to compute intersections and overlaps among regions.
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