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Liz, We use ArcView here in Kent and although I personally like it as it's very flexible and powerful and pretty straightforward we have had problems integrating it with Exegesis. Running Exegesis off a network and ArcView off our hard-drives the link between Exeg. and ArcView seems to work only very slowly. Exegesis themselves claim that this is because of the way ArcView handles its data and that the speed problem is unlikely to be resolved by future Exegesis upgrades. I have at present adopted a system where we run Exeg. and ArcView side by side rather than actively linked in the way intended. This works at least as fast as the old ArcInfo system we also use and for most purposes is perfectly adequate but it does mean we can't take advantage of one of Exegesis' main strengths - the ability to maintain a 'live' link to the GIS. We've also been assured by our GIS people that ArcView has no function which allows you to go to a particular grid ref on the screen - quite unbelieveably for a GIS. You should also be aware that as Exegesis was designed with MapInfo in mind the level of support for ArcView users perhaps isn't what it could be. If anyone has any solutions to the above problems I would be very grateful to hear them! Paul Cuming SMR Officer Kent County Council > ---------- > From: Williams, Elizabeth[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 30 March 2000 16:32 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: ArcView and SMRs > > I've been asked to find out if anyone is using ArcView with their SMR > (preferably running on Access) or is in the development/trial stages. The > reason for asking is that we at NCC are about to start developing our GIS > and would like to have a look at other systems which are running > successfully! We currently have an Extensive Urban Survey on ArcView but > it > isn't very user friendly and we are stuck with ArcView as its our county > system. Any info gratefully received. > _________________________________________________ > Liz Williams > SMR Assistant, Conservation Team, Environment Directorate > Northumberland County Council, County Hall > Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF > Tel: 01670 534060 Fax: 01670 533086 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > www.northumberland.gov.uk > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%