Spatial Stack with Matt Forrest

Esri vs Open Source GIS: The Real Debate No One’s Having

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What happens when a heated LinkedIn debate turns into a real conversation?

In this episode, I sit down with Kyle Satterfield, GISP, after a spirited online exchange about geospatial tools — specifically, the classic open-source versus Esri debate.

What started as a back-and-forth in the comments became a deeper conversation about the choices we make in GIS: buy versus build, custom versus…