[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

On 07/31/2012 02:48 PM, julia harrell wrote:
> I did not suggest that *all* the  maps would not be as 'pretty'. I
> said that even if *some* of them weren't as pretty, that they'd still
> be superior products if they included information on how they were
> created and the design principles used, etc.
> 
> I think we are all aware that it is (for the moment) still a bit more
> of a challenge to get really beautiful cartographic output from some
> (but not all) open source GIS software products.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Barry Rowlingson
> <b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM, julia harrell <julia.harrell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  This would make it a superior product - even if
>>> some of the maps aren't quite as 'pretty' as those in the ESRI map
>>> book :)
>>
>>  Why wouldn't they be as pretty? You're exhibiting the very prejudice
>> I'd like to exterminate! :)
>>
>>  Actually it's probably an effect caused by weight-of-numbers and
>> there being more professional carto types using commercial software.

...it's "proprietary" software. The term "commercial" software is
misleading.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Commercial_Software

Thanks for your patience with me...
Arnulf

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