adp QGIS ArcMap (Info/Advanced) GRASS GIS ArcGIS Pro

• @ QGIS ArcMap (Info/Advanced) GRASS GIS ArcGIS Pro 1 Display Earth Resources Laboratory Applications Software (ELAS) datasets YES 2 Consume Enhanced Compression Wavelet (ECW) YES* YES YES* 3 Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) YES* YES YES* 5 Display LAS Datasets YES YES YES* 4 Display LAS (Lidar Data Files) YES YES YES* 6 Display LASZ Compressed LAS YES YES YES* 7 Reshape Existing Features YES YES 8 Cut Polygon Features YES YES YES 9 Buffer Features YES YES YES 10 Create New Features YES YES YES 11 Create New Features from the Buffer YES YES YES 12 Create New Polygons YES YES YES 13 Modify Each Selected Row Individually or as a Group (Attributes Dialog) YES, NO YES YES* 14 YES YES YES 15 Split Lines YES YES YES 16 Simplify Features YES YES YES 17 Topology Rules Can Create YES YES YES 18 Report Topology Errors YES YES YES 19 Add Rule to Topology YES YES YES 20 Create Topology YES YES YES 21 Validate Topology YES YES YES 22 Snapping Geometry YES YES YES 23 Create a Database View YES YES YES 24 Add web map service to a data view YES YES YES* 25 Add web feature service to a data view YES YES YES* 26 YES YES YES 27 Read/display/consume file geodatabase YES YES YES 28 Read MS Excel file format YES YES YES 29 Read DBF file format YES YES YES 30 Layout and symbolize a map to display data YES YES YES 31 Create multiple layouts for one “map document” YES NO* YES 32 Insert a second data frame YES YES NO 33 Insert an inset map in the layout YES YES NO 34 Export a map in optional formats YES YES YES 35 Advanced cartography tools (e.g., annotation) YES YES YES 36 Export a data window in optional formats YES YES YES 37 Select records by a query of attributes YES YES YES 38 Select records by location YES YES YES 39 Select records interatively in a table YES YES YES 40 Select records interactively in a map YES YES YES 41 Export a selection of records YES YES YES 42 Bookmark a map extent YES YES YES 43 Change the map scale of a data window YES YES YES 44 Define the projection of a data layer YES YES YES 45 Re-project a dataset YES YES YES 46 Join a table to a data layer YES YES YES 47 Join the table of a polygon data layer to a point data layer based on point location within a polygon YES* YES YES 48 Buffer a feature or selected features YES YES YES 49 Clip one dataset based on another dataset YES YES YES 50 Intersect features YES YES YES 51 Union features YES YES YES 52 Merge features YES YES YES 53 Dissolve features YES YES YES 54 Manage datasets in a catalog YES* YES* YES* 55 Create and edit features YES YES YES 56 Digitize from source map YES YES YES 57 Advanced editing YES YES YES 58 Snap to basemap layers YES YES YES 59 Snap to feature service layers YES YES NO 60 Build a model of processes and output YES YES YES 61 Read raster formats (MrSID, TIFF, GIF, JPEG2000) YES* YES YES* 62 Spatial analysis YES YES YES 63 3D analysis YES YES YES 64 Extract, overlay, proximity, statistics YES YES YES 65 Generalize data YES YES YES 66 Convert vector to raster YES YES YES 67 Raster processing YES YES YES 68 Classify a raster dataset YES* YES YES 69 Create a mosaic dataset YES YES YES 70 Create LAS dataset yes YES NO 71 Metadata editing, import, export YES* YES YES* 72 Generate tile cache tiling scheme yes YES 73 Geocode addresses yes YES 74 Reverse geocode PLUGIN YES 75 Spatial statistics YES YES YES 76 Analyze a (road) network YES YES YES 77 Linear referencing tools PLUGIN YES YES 78 Create and edit metadata templates YES* YES YES* 79 Create and edit valid metadata records YES* YES YES* 80 Validate metadata records YES* YES YES* 81 Can be easily improved by direct developer contracting YES NO YES 82 Can be distributed freely with no per-seat license fees YES NO YES 83 Can be used independently of a license manager YES YES 84 Can integrate tools from GRASS YES NO YES* 85 Can integrate tools from Orfeo Toolbox YES NO YES 86 Can integrate tools from SAGA YES NO YES 87 Has a rich ecosystem of free plugins which can be added to and easily distributed YES YES, many available in ArcGIS Online. YES 88 Runs on MS Windows YES YES YES 89 Runs on macOS YES NO YES 90 Runs on Linux YES NO YES 91 Has an open development process YES NO YES 92 Has a server component for publishing web maps YES YES* YES* 92 Help can be used offline in a disconnected environment YES YES YES 93 94 95 Full PostGIS read/write without extra licensing or plug-ins YES NO YES 96 Add google maps basemap to map YES NO NO 97 Full support for GeoPKG format read/write without extra plug-ins YES NO YES 98 Full Oracle read/write wo extra licensing or plugins YES Maybe 99 SQLite/Spatialite support YES YES* YES* 100 Support for other languages besides English YES YES YES 101 Dynamic hillshade calculation/visualisation of elevation model YES YES YES 102 Can Create and View mbtiles YES NO YES 103 Run on headless servers as data processing service (from commandline, API) YES YES 104 SQL like querying and filtering YES YES YES 105 Can integrate powerful statistics analysis package e.g. R YES YES, with add-in YES 106 Can integrate OSM features in a basemap YES YES with add-in YES 107 Has a license YES YES YES 108 No software maintenance fee YES NO YES 109 Zonal statistics works with overlapping polygons YES NO YES 110 Feature-level display opacity YES YES* NO 111 Do not need to purchase separate license to use some of the features YES NO YES 112 113 Accessibility (not my area but essential to assess) 114 Visualisation YES YES 115 Custom icons supported YES YES YES 116 Takes 2+ minutes to start up YES YES NO 117 YES YES YES 118 SLD export YES YES* 119 Can read DWG files YES YES YES* 120 FLIP/Reverse Lines YES YES YES 121 Can import and view QGS project files YES NO NO 122 Can import and use QGIS QML layer styling files YES NO NO 123 Can import QGIS QLR layer definition files YES NO NO 124 Can import ArcMap MXD documents YES* YES NO 125 Can import ArcMap LYR layer definition files YES* YES No 126 All symbology, labeling and layout properties can be defined on a per-feature basis YES NO* No 127 Spatial analysis tools can have per-feature properties assigned, e.g. per feature dynamic parameter values YES NO NO 128 Can copy and paste Symbologies from a layer to another YES NO 129 Out of the box support for GDAL tools Yes No No 130 Out of the box support for GRASS tools Yes No Yes 131 Out of the box support for SAGA tools Yes No No 132 Out of the box support for OTB tools Yes No No 133 Transparent network logging showing all outgoing requests Yes No No 134 Vector tile support, including ability to import and manipulate MapBox GL styling Yes No* No 135 Project wide dynamic spot colors Yes No No 136 Expression variables, including scope for overridding variables at different project levels Yes No No 137 Can read “protected” ESRI geodatabases after time lock expires Yes No Yes 138 Supports direct drag and drop of layers from ArcGIS Yes* Yes No 139 Supports direct drag and drop of data sources from ArcCatalog Yes* Yes No 140 Supports direct drag and drop of layers from QGIS projects Yes No No 141 Supports direct drag and drop of layers from QGIS browser panel Yes No No 142 Can directly import, edit and write GeoJSON files Yes No Yes 143 Support CMYK color model Coming Soon Yes 144 Mesh Data Abstraction Library (MDAL) Yes No No 145 Out of the box support for hydrological and meteorological data on unstructured meshes Yes

https://docs.qgis.org/3.22/en/docs/user_manual/preamble/features.html