Describe the capabilities of AutoCAD Map 3D in the analysis

Describe the capabilities of AutoCAD Map 3D in the analysis of geospatial data, and some of the commands available that are not in AutoCAD itself. Describe the importance of GPS in the GIS mapping process.

Solution

AutoCAD Map is prefect for cleaning dwg files (spaghetti vector data) and preparing them for import for GIS applications. Also it is very good for georeferencing vector and raster data which can be pretty tedious in some GIS applications (not all of them). Generally, it is used for preparing data for GIS. but it lacks lot of options and it not really suited for GIS.

While ArcGIS has a variety of powerful analytic tools, AutoCAD Map 3d offers a wide range of ways to convert from GIS features to CAD objects and vice versa. It is very good in collecting a huge variety of data on both geographical and project data, it is definately more interoperable compared to ArcGIS. It provides an opportunity to directly edit more types of entities than ArcGIS does. It is very useful to have AutoCAD Map.