[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3372: Export map display as vector file from GUI

[GRASS GIS]

#3372: Export map display as vector file from GUI
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 Reporter:  baharmon                     |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
     Type:  defect                       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                       |  Milestone:
Component:  Default                      |    Version:  svn-trunk
 Keywords:  d.out.file, cairo, svg, gui  |        CPU:  Unspecified
 Platform:  Unspecified                  |
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 Currently there are only a few format options - png, jpg, bmp, gif, tif -
 for exporting the map display with d.out.file using the GUI (rather than
 scripting). It would be very useful to be able to export the map display
 in a vector file format. This would improve the quality of maps in
 publications (with scalable linework and scalable text in legends) and
 allow much easier editing. Maps exported in a vector file format such as
 svg could then be edited in Inkscape for example. Ideally the export would
 include both raster and vector data with the legend and labels saved as
 vectors.

 Perhaps this could be done by using the cairo driver for d.out.file since
 cairo supports pdf, ps, and svg.
 d.out.file seems to have had more options in GRASS 6.4 including png, ppm,
 tif, geotiff, jpg, bmp, ps, eps, svg, pdf, and a flag for cairo.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3372>
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