Manufacturer's phone number --------------- make your selection -------------- +32/14-61.32.70 1-415-507-5000 1-506-458-8533 1-800-255-3913 1-800-440-4198 1-800-964-6432 303 763 4919 303-279-1021 518 285 7200 541-753-9322 585-232-6998 603-621-3270 617/527-4700 720-587-4574 770 776 3400 800-556-5919 800.791.3357 800/447-9778 877-771-7733 925-245-8300 978-635-0100
Cost per seat --------------- make your selection -------------- $1,000 $1,495 USD for English version $1,500 $1995 $249 $295 $295/$1295 [1] $2995 (Base), $9995 (Standard) $350 $389 $400 $495 $495.00 $500 $599 $795 $9995 3900 Euro 7495.00 Call ESRI Call for Options Contact a Reseller Contact for pricing Contact Reseller Contact Sokkia Contact vendor Contact vendor for pricing Contact Ventor It is web-based: priced per PO...
Date of first release --------------- make your selection -------------- 01.07.2006 02/2002 07/2006 09/2007 1985 1986 1988 1990 1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2001 (Windows based software) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Jun 00 Jun 02 May 2002 Oct 2004 October 2004 September 28, 2007
SOFTWARE FEATURES --------------- make your selection --------------
Operating System/Network Support --------------- make your selection --------------
Network client-server support --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Win 2000/XP and above Y yes
Server operating system --------------- make your selection -------------- 2000/XP Microsoft® Windows® XP Profess... N/A No Win 2000/XP and above Win XP/2000 Win XP/2000, Sun Solaris Windows Windows 2000 and 2003 Server Windows 2000/2003 Windows 2000/XP/Vista + Mac OS... Windows 2003 Server, CITRIX Windows 2003 Server, XP Profes... Windows Server Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000 ... Windows Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 9... Windows XP Professional or Hom... Windows, LINUX
Client operating system --------------- make your selection -------------- 2000/XP Microsoft Windows 2000 & XP Microsoft Windows XP Professio... Microsoft® Windows® XP Profess... No Pocket PC/Win CE/2000/XP/WM 5.... Pocket PC/Win CE/XP/2000/NT Win 2000/XP and above Win XP/2000 Win XP/2000, Sun Solaris WinCE Windowns, LINUX Windows Windows 2000/XP/Vista + Mac OS... Windows 2003 Server or XP Pro... Windows CE/Windows Mobile Windows Mobile, Windows Vista/... Windows Mobile/CE.NET/Vista/XP... Windows Mobile/Vista/XP/2000 Windows Mobile/XP/2000 Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000 ... Windows Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 9... Windows Vista/XP/2000 Windows Vista/XP/2003 server/2... Windows XP Windows XP (logo certified), W... Windows XP/2000 Windows XP/2000/NT
Internet server enabled --------------- make your selection -------------- (3) Function of ArcGIS N N/A No Supports services but is not a... Via ArcIMS Via Spartial Fusion Enterprise With Maptitude for the Web With TransCAD for the Web Yes Yes [1] Yes [2] Yes, includes HTML, OGC WMS, O... Yes. Adding to internet Serve...
Compatible Applications --------------- make your selection --------------
Third party applications designed to run on software --------------- make your selection -------------- (4) ArcGIS or ArcView Autocad, Mapinfo, ESRI, Window... http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/s... N/A NA No ORIMA RTI-Real Time Forest Inventory... This software is compatible wi... www.esri.com/partners Y, via VBA and COM Yes Yes - Too many to list Yes, By Vendor Yes, using public API
Total solution packages available --------------- make your selection -------------- 18 2 (TransCAD for the Web, Trans... 7 (Maptitude for the Web, Mapt... Extension to ESRI ArcGIS N/A NA no Numerous Raster Design, Buzzsaw This product is an extension t... Y Yes Yes for many vertical markets
GIS Data Administration --------------- make your selection --------------
Multi-user edit locking --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS No Y Yes
Versioning --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N No Supports Oracle versioning Yes
Metadata maintenance --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N No Yes Yes - tools are included
Database Management --------------- make your selection --------------
Proprietary DBMS --------------- make your selection -------------- CellArray Function of ArcGIS ISIS Mapinfo TAB files n/a No No [2] Y Yes Yes, plus all standard DBMS pr...
Relational database management system --------------- make your selection -------------- (5) CSV Function of ArcGIS Includes support for ODBC as w... n/a No Oracle 10g Oracle, Access, SQL Server Y Yes Yes, all standard DBMS product... Yes. Available through ESRI AX...
RDBMS spatial data warehouse --------------- make your selection -------------- ArcSDE or Oracle Spatial Function of ArcGIS N n/a No Not required Oralce 10g or ArcSDE via ODBC Yes Yes - Oracle Spatial, ArcSDE, ... YES - Supports Oracle Spatial ... Yes, including Oracle Spatial,... Yes, Oracle Locator [1]
Native Graphic Data Structure and Format --------------- make your selection --------------
Vector-spaghetti --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS n/a No Shapefile Y Yes Yes, can handle Yes, via ArcGIS
Vector-topologic --------------- make your selection -------------- Coverage, Geodatabase Function of ArcGIS n/a no Y Yes Yes, via ArcGIS
Parametric --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS Geodatabase N N/A No Yes
3-D --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS No Shapefile, Geodatabase Spapefile, Geodatabase Y Yes Yes (surface) Yes (surfaces) Yes, via ArcGIS
TIN --------------- make your selection -------------- ESRI TIN Function of ArcGIS N/A No Y Yes yes + solid triangulations
Grid --------------- make your selection -------------- ESRI Grid N/A No Y Yes
Raster image --------------- make your selection -------------- BMP, SID, TIF, JPG, JPG2000, E... MrSID, TIFF, GeoTIFF, BMP, JPE... N/A Support for GIF, JPEG, JPEG200... TIFF, GeoTIFF, Jpeg, Bitmap Y Yes Yes - BMP, CALS-1, FLIC, G3, G... Yes [2] [2]
GIS Data Import/Export Utilities --------------- make your selection --------------
Direct import formats --------------- make your selection -------------- (1) (6) 16, including TIGER/Line, DWG,... 7 Autodesk DXF, DWG and SDF, ESR... dBASE, DXF, MDB, MIF, Shapefil... ESRI Shape file, Mapinfo MIF, ... LandXML, E00, SHP, MIF/MID, TA... N/A No note 1 Over 40 standard formats Over 70 standard formats Over 80 formats Shape, DWG, MapInfo Shapefile SHP files SHP, ASCII TAB, Shape, E00, DWG, DXF, DGN... Text file, ESRI Shapefile, Aut... Trimble SSF, Trimble DDF UDF, SHP, MIF, DXF, DGN, SIF, ... Various GIS, CAD and GPS+ raw ... Yes
Direct export formats --------------- make your selection -------------- (2) (7) 7 8, including Shapefile, MID/MI... ASCII, CR5, DXF, SHP, MIF ASCII, most GIS and CAD format... Autodesk DXF, DWG and SDF, ESR... doc, XLS DXF, ASCII, CR5, SHP, MIF LandXML, E00, SHP, MIF/MID, TA... N/A No note 2 Over 40 standard formats Over 70 standard formats Over 80 formats Shapefile SHP files SHP, ASCII TAB, Shape, E00, DWG, DXF, DGN... Text file (w optional QC info)... Trimble SSF, Trimble DDF Various GIS, CAD, GPS+ raw dat... Yes
Readable Formats that Do Not Require Translation --------------- make your selection --------------
Import --------------- make your selection -------------- (8) Autodesk DXF, DWG and SDF, Ora... DWG, LandXML, ASCII DWG, LandXML, ASCII, FBK DWG, See [1] in Notes ESRI ArcSDE, Oracle Spatial, M... ESRI Shapefiles, .dbf files an... N/A OBJ , TXT Oracle Spatial, ESRI Shapefile... Over 70 standard formats Same as ArcGIS Shapefiles, GIF, JPEG, JPEG200... SHP, DWG, DXF, ASCII, BMP, (GE... Shp, SID, BMP, JPG, TIFF TAB, DBF, TXT, ASCII, SHAPE, X... Topcon Tools Job (*.ttp) TopSURV job file (.tsj) Trimble SSF UDF, SHP, MIF, DXF, DGN, SIF ,... UDF, SHP, MIF, DXF, DGN. VULCAN databases (.dgd & ISIS)... Yes Yes, numerous formats
Export --------------- make your selection -------------- (9) ASCII, CR5, DXF, SHP Autodesk DXF, DWG and SDF, Ora... doc, XLS DWG, LandXML, ASCII DWG, LandXML, ASCII, FBK ESRI ArcSDE, Oracle Spatial, M... ESRI Shapefiles and AXF files N/A No Oracle Spatial Over 70 standard formats Same as ArcGIS See [2] in Notes Shapefiles, GIF, JPEG, JPEG200... SHP SHP, DWG, DXF, ASCII, BMP, JPG TAB, DBF, MDB, CSV, ASCII, MS ... Topcon Tools Job (*.ttp) TopSURV job file (.tsj) Trimble SSF UDF, CR5, SHP, DXF, ASCII VULCAN databases (.dgd & ISIS)... Yes Yes, numerous formats
GIS Data Entry and Editing --------------- make your selection --------------
Board digitizing --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A No Y Yes
Coordinate geometry/precision entry --------------- make your selection -------------- 0-8 decimal places 1-8 decimal places Function of ArcGIS N/A No Y yes Yes [2] Yes, No adjustments Yes. Through ArcPad
Electronic survey data import --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS GPS data GPS points N/A No Np Y Yes Yes (GPS and GLONASS data) Yes (GPS data) Yes, ASCII coordinate files
Heads-up digitizing --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A No Y Yes Yes [2]
Vectorization --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A No With Autodesk Raster Design Y Yes YES with Vertical Mapper
Map rectification --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N N/A No Yes
Graphic error check/correction --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N N/A No Yes
Field data entry --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS no Primary function Y Yes Yes (GPS and GLONASS Data) Yes [2]
Map Design and Composition --------------- make your selection --------------
Interactive map composition --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS No Y Yes
Annotation from attributes --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS No Y Yes
Global symbol change --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS No Y Yes Yes [2]
Thematic mapping --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A no Y Yes
Geographic Query and Analysis Functions --------------- make your selection --------------
Attribute query and selection --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A no Y Yes Yes [2] Yes. Through ArcPad
Map measurements --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A No Y Yes Yes [2] Yes. Through ArcPad
Address matching --------------- make your selection -------------- (10) Function of ArcGIS N/A no Y Yes Yes [2] Yes. Through ArcPad
Buffer generation --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A No Y Yes
Point/line-in-polygon analysis --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A No Y Yes
Polygon overlay --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A no Y Yes
Network analysis --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N N/A No Yes Yes (best route)
Raster document query and access --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A No with add on With Add-on Y Yes YES with Vertical Mapper
Direct access to other GIS format --------------- make your selection -------------- Function of ArcGIS N/A no Y Yes Yes - DWG, Oracle, ESRI SHP an...
Terrain Data Processing and Analysis --------------- make your selection --------------
DEM generation --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Y Yes YES with Vetrical Mapper
Contour map generation --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Y Yes YES with Vertical Mapper
3-D display/profile generation --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Y Yes yes + solid triangulations YES with Vertical Mapper
Map draping --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Y Yes
Slope/aspect analysis --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No Y Yes YES with Vertical Mapper
Raster Image Capabilities --------------- make your selection --------------
Geometric rectification --------------- make your selection -------------- N N/A No with add on with add-on With Autodesk Raster Design yes Yes Through desktop SW
Orthoimage generation --------------- make your selection -------------- N N/A No with add on with add-on With Autodesk Raster Design Yes
Image enhancement --------------- make your selection -------------- N/A No with add on with add-on Y Yes
Spectral classification --------------- make your selection -------------- N N/A No with add on with add-on With Autodesk Raster Design Yes YES with Vertical Mapper
Application Development Language --------------- make your selection --------------
Proprietary application development language --------------- make your selection -------------- IMAGINE Developers' Toolkit Lava Modula2 N/A No ObjectARX Yes Yes (Caliper Script) YES - MapBasic
Industry standard programming environment --------------- make your selection -------------- ActiveX, VBA. C++, Lisp ASP, Javascript AutoLISP®, Microsoft® Visual B... C++/COM, Visual Studio.Net, VB... C/C++ and ACTIVEX C/C++ with some COM C/C++, Perl JavaScript, VBScript, C/C++ N/A No Supports - Visual Studio VBA VBScript C/C++ Yes Yes (.NET) Yes, Active X Yes: All Microsoft standard la... Yes: SQL, VBA [3]