[GRASSLIST:3715] Re: gnu software for digitizing

[Benjamin Ducke]

I would give the JUMP program suite a try.
It is very nice software written in Java and completely free.
It has tools for creating vector maps that exceed MapInfo in
many ways and can output Shape files or load/save from a
PostGIS SQL database.
However, if you want to use raster layers, you
have to set up an WebGIS server, such as the UNM Map Server
(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/index.html) and connect to it from JUMP.
JUMP does, unfortunately, not support direct loading of
raster layers from file (as far as I know).

http://www.jump-project.org/


Benjamin


On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:50:25 +0000
"juan pablo perez" <valdentro at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I'm working with my pupils with GRASS (developping several DEMs) and they 
> have problems because v.digit is not as friendly as is MapInfo (as a first 
> module we worked with it)
> 
> Is possible to work whit another gnu-program that supports raster images and 
> layers to digitize contours and export them (e.g. as *.dxf) into GRASS?. I 
> tried with The GIMP, but it don't exports in vector format; also tried with 
> QCad, but it has not support for raster layers,...
> 
> Can anybody help us?...
> 
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