[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

[John Callahan]

I concur with David here.  We publish numerous maps and always use
Illustrator (or other design tools) in the workflow process.  We are an Arc
shop for the map publication work (although I have been able to get QGIS
involved in a few places) and have submitted maps to the ESRI Map Books.
 We just wouldn't publish a map without fine-tuning it in some other design
software, regardless of the GIS used.

I guess it depends on whether you are showcasing a list of technical
features fosGIS software can do, or a cartographically based map product.
 As long as the software used is clearly listed, I don't think it's
realistic to restrict to only the GIS software when producing an atlas.

- John





On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:28 AM, David William Bitner <bitner at gyttja.org>wrote:

>
>>>
>> I think it important however that people *do not* use Inkscape, unless of
>> course it is being put up as an fosGIS package. Using Inkscape has come
>> about due to the inherent deficiencies in map production in various
>> packages.
>>
>> Any maps produced for such a book need to be produced solely using the
>> package they are meant to be showcasing. Otherwise the resulting map is not
>> representative of what can be produced using a particular GIS package but
>> rather the artistic skill of the cartographer!
>>
>> Simon,
>
> I strongly disagree here. One of the best things about Open Source tools
> is that they often follow the Unix Philosophy of being able to have very
> task specific tools. Cartography is most certainly a very different task
> than data analysis and I think that tools like InkScape are a very
> important part of the "toolbox". While I do agree that we need to do a
> better job integrating better cartographic tools into individual pieces of
> fosGIS packages, it is equally important to me that we create the linkages
> to make it easier to use complementary tools like InkScape as well.
>
> David
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