[GRASSLIST:319] Re: Printing site descriptions

[Edmund Blackadder]

If you want to make a good looking map, either export files in Arcview 
format and work in Arcview, or export the eps and work in a drawing 
programm like Adobe Illustrator.

Konstantinos Theofilis

On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 06:29 PM, Glynn Clements wrote:

>
> Antonios Christofides wrote:
>
>>   [ When you print site descriptions with ps.map, you can't get rid of
>>   the border and background color, and you can't specify placement. ]
>>
>> OK, so what's the workaround? You use the ps.map "text" command 
>> instead
>> of printing site descriptions? How about when you have a map with many
>> names, such as a map with, say, 500 towns and villages? You create a
>> huge ps.map input file with 500 "text" commands? Is this a missing
>> feature of GRASS?
>
> Yes, it's a missing feature.
>
> GRASS is primarily an analysis package; its cartographic abilities are
> fairly basic.
>
> You may wish to look into GMT:
>
> 	http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/
>
> -- 
> Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>
>