From ArcMap to QGIS: the same tool in every program

Still running ArcMap scripts, or want to stop depending on a license? This article gives the equivalence table between ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, PostGIS and geopandas for the most common geoprocessing tools, plus the changes almost every old script needs to run today.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-10-29
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23780244
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Geographic Information Systems Studies
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From ArcMap to QGIS: the same tool in every program

Hendesson Alves
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Geographic Information Systems Studies
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From ArcMap to QGIS: the same tool in every program

Hendesson Alves
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Abstract

Still running ArcMap scripts, or want to stop depending on a license? This article gives the equivalence table between ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, PostGIS and geopandas for the most common geoprocessing tools, plus the changes almost every old script needs to run today.

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