Oops folks, it's <a href="http://fossgisbrasil.com.br">fossgisbrasil.com.br</a>.<div><br></div><div>We are publishing each quarter; Thanks for the complements.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Nathan Woodrow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:madmanwoo@gmail.com" target="_blank">madmanwoo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Barry,<br>
<br>
This sounds like a good idea, I would be happy to contribute<br>
something. I have two ESRI map books at work that I sometimes use to<br>
get an idea on how other people visualize different data sets.<br>
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- Nathan<br>
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On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Barry Rowlingson<br>
<<a href="mailto:b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk">b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Simon Cropper<br>
> <<a href="mailto:simoncropper@fossworkflowguides.com">simoncropper@fossworkflowguides.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I think it important however that people *do not* use Inkscape, unless<br>
>> of course it is being put up as an fosGIS package. Using Inkscape has<br>
>> come about due to the inherent deficiencies in map production in various<br>
>> packages.<br>
>><br>
>> Any maps produced for such a book need to be produced solely using the<br>
>> package they are meant to be showcasing. Otherwise the resulting map is<br>
>> not representative of what can be produced using a particular GIS<br>
>> package but rather the artistic skill of the cartographer!<br>
><br>
> [ Can the people discussing Arnulf's public geospatial data committee<br>
> stuff please change their subject line and start a new thread? thx ]<br>
><br>
> Hi Simon,<br>
><br>
> if I was worried about having too many maps for the atlas then I'd<br>
> consider putting more restrictions on the entries. However my fear is<br>
> having too few. Plus it is indeed partly intended to show artistic<br>
> skill and as long as the work is substantially created using<br>
> open-source software then I wouldn't reject it.<br>
><br>
> Aspects of commercial cartography are still done outside of<br>
> commercial GIS - eg by loading Windows Metafiles from a GIS into Adobe<br>
> Illustrator - and I see no reason why that workflow can't be allowed<br>
> for Open Source Cartography. I don't think Open Source GIS needs to be<br>
> Open Source GIS Plus Desktop Publishing.<br>
><br>
> Also, we get to highlight integration between open source projects<br>
> that is facilitated by Open Standards, and those standards are going<br>
> beyond spatial standards (such as using SVG to go between Qgis and<br>
> Inkscape).<br>
><br>
><br>
> Barry<br>
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