Esri ArcGIS Reviews & Product Details - Page 36

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Support in the past several years is less user friendly and accessible. It is not easy to find topics on the older software, and all efforts are directed toward on-line products. Our small rural county does not have resources to employ these products, and there are many, many users out here that are in the same situation. The very helpful forums are obsolete or hidden from access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ArcGIS is the premier mapping software to use for professional mapping. The package comes with ArcCatalog, which is great for organizing files. There are many ways to use the software, if you can learn how the functions work together. Everything is referenced on a coordinate system, which means everything you do is fundamentally related to the real world. The raster uses and analyses are high-level as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The program can be error-prone, takes a lot of space, and randomly crash. It can be difficult to change coordinate systems if the data you're starting with has a non-specific coordinate system. There are a lot of uses, which is a double-edges sword: it is easy to learn enough to use in everyday basic applications, but it takes a lot of time and effort to really become an expert in using ArcGIS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The GIS mapping abilities can be very detailed and used across departments with different needs. Video and audio capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can look cluttered and outdated, but I think that about most maps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The suite of tools available is incredibly helpful for manipulating data to work with multiple systems and multipe schemas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish it worked better with Microsoft Excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that I can manipulate data and make my maps look pretty good. There are so many resources to learn better techniques. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not very intuitive and not very easy to use sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The capabilities include a vast range of everything one may think of in urban studies and planning. From real time information to data collection and management, the advanced mechanisms are truly impressive and informative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At the same time, there are too many features for a beginning user to navigate. For example, if one simply needs an aerial image, for example, they could instead utilize simpler and free software such as Google Earth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All the information you can handle in a model, populate it with several layers and use whatever sort of information for what you need, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Design capabilities are short, the partnerships and where ArcGIS is heading is really good opportunity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ESRI is extremely functional for both novice users and complex organizations. Love its simplicity as well as its ability to be complex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can be overwhelming at first to a novice user. Always recommend tutorial books. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The GUI is user friendly and I like that there is more than one way to do something. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that it can be a bit of a diva by needing so much processor power. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of use and integration with other software and hardware. I love using my trimble r2 with collector and having the data update for people in the office and field Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

non descriptive errors, they make me very unhappy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.