[GRASS-dev] Modules

[Moritz Lennert]

On 18/02/07 19:01, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Glynn Clements 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. I
>> suppose that you could build it for Cygwin.
> 
> It turns out that you can, but the GPL version doesn't support
> polylines, which is probably a fairly major omission for a potential
> v.digit replacement.
> 

I think I have missed something in the discussion: does it seem too 
difficult to develop a replacement of v.digit based on v.edit ? It seems 
a bit overkill to require the use of an external CAD package for 
digitizing, which IMHO is one of the core functions of a GIS.

Moritz