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Re:Ask HN: What's a not so famous software company that make... by mtmail on Monday June 26, 2023 @04:22PM (#36485301)
In the GIS space there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esri It's like the Microsoft Office of creating and analysing spatial data. 1 billion USD revenue, 3000 employees and private owned, making the owner a billionaire (net worth estimated 8 billion USD).
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Re:Ask HN: What's a not so famous software company that make... by sheunl on Monday June 26, 2023 @08:36PM (#36487689)
Yep. They have a niche there. The only worthy alternative in their space is QGIS.
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Re:Ask HN: What's a not so famous software company that make... by perfect-blue on Monday June 26, 2023 @11:03PM (#36488412)
We use QGIS in our research environments because it’s free, open source, and is cross-platform. It’s the only fully featured GIS suite that Mac/Linux users can use that I’m aware of. Always looking for suggestions though.
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