[GRASS-dev] Modules

[Glynn Clements]

Maciej Sieczka wrote:

> >>>>> Realistically, I think that a 2D CAD package would be more likely to
> >>>>> be suitable, but I don't know of any free ones.
> >>>> http://www.qcad.org/qcad.html
> >>>> (see http://www.qcad.org/qcad_doc_faq.html#36 ff for licensing)
> >>> Requires Qt 3.x, the native Windows version of which isn't free.
> >> As of 2006/03/20, Qcad was ported to QT 4 [1].
> > 
> > However, that version (2.1.0.0) still isn't available under the GPL
> > yet (the most recent GPL version is 2.0.5.0).
> > 
> > But the lack of polyline support in the GPL version is probably fatal
> > in terms of using QCad as a v.digit replacement.
> 
> Getting back to your previous "not enough manpower for v.digit"
> argument, please note that there is already a nice v.digit replacement
> in QGIS 0.8:
> 
> 1. it does all that v.digit does + more
> 2. is actively maintained (!), mainly by Radim Blazek
> 3. QGIS treats GRASS vectors as any other OGR ones - let's you query,
> do thematic mapping, browse attribute table, measure area/distance,
> reproject on-the-fly and stuff
> 4. QGIS 0.8 is based on Open Source QT 4
> 5. works natively on Windows, Linux, Mac (more?)

So why are we still maintaining v.digit?

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>