<DIV>I am not sure either, but another package I often use is uDig.</DIV>
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<DIV>See: <A href="http://udig.refractions.net/">http://udig.refractions.net</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,<BR>Dean</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: Mateusz Loskot <mateusz@loskot.net><BR>Date: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:17 pm<BR>Subject: Re: [Gdal-dev] Should These Maps Be Aligned?<BR>To: eschenbe@psc.edu<BR>Cc: GDAL <gdal-dev@lists.maptools.org><BR><BR>> Kent Eschenberg wrote:<BR>> > I converted the relief map from its Lambert projection to geographic<BR>> > (i.e., longitude and latitude) with gdalwarp. As far as I can <BR>> tell the<BR>> > roads already use that projection. No prj file came with the <BR>> roads but<BR>> > the included text file has this section:<BR>> > <BR>> > ===<BR>> > Spatial_Reference_Information:<BR>> > Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:<BR>> > Geographic:<BR>> > Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278<BR>> > Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278<BR>> > <BR>> Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees<BR>> > Geodetic_Model:<BR>> > Horizontal_Datum_Name: <BR>> North American Datum of 1983<BR>> > Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980<BR>> > Semi-major_Axis: 6378137<BR>> > <BR>> Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222<BR>> > ===<BR>> > <BR>> > I wrote a C++ program that with the gdal/ogr library reads <BR>> these then<BR>> > writes them in the VTK XML format.<BR>> <BR>> Kent,<BR>> <BR>> I don't know what's the VTK XML format, but AFAIK it's not<BR>> supported by OGR.<BR>> <BR>> > These can then be used by a<BR>> > scientific visualization program (ParaView) where we are also <BR>> displaying> earthquake simulation results. I could have made an <BR>> error, of course.<BR>> > <BR>> > Is there some non-commercial software I could run on Linux to <BR>> display> the road and relief maps together to check whether they <BR>> are aligned?<BR>> <BR>> What about Quantum GIS, http://www.qgis.ogr<BR>> <BR>> Cheers<BR>> -- <BR>> Mateusz Loskot<BR>> http://mateusz.loskot.net<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Gdal-dev mailing list<BR>> Gdal-dev@lists.maptools.org<BR>> http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev<BR>> <BR><BR>Dean C. Mikkelsen, B.Sc., P.Eng. <BR>Terra ETL Ltd. <BR>Victoria, B.C., Canada <BR>Phone: +1 (250) 88TERRA (83772) <BR>http://www.terraetl.com <BR><BR>Consulting in Geodesy & GIS for the Natural Resources<BR><BR></DIV>