[GRASSLIST:3736] Re: query:creation of maps

[Indictrans Team]

dear sir,
 let me put it in more clear words. We want to create (or rather DRAW) 
 "new" maps from the information available in the form of rough drawings
 or similar data.
 when we referred to your book ""openSource GIS : A GRASS GIS approach"
 it mentioned about two tools:
                             Xfig
                             sketch
("Map design with Xfig and Sketch" Page 204)
all our queries are based on this paragraph.
Please guide us on this.

Thanks
regards,
nandini
Indictrans

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:53:16 +0200, "Markus Neteler" <neteler at itc.it>
said:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 03:20:06PM +0500, Indictrans Team wrote:
> > Respected sir,
> > We actually want to sketch maps to import into Grass.
> 
> So you want to import and geocode the scanned map files?
> I don't understand the phrase "sketch maps to import".
> 
> 
>  
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:44:19 +0200, "Markus Neteler" <neteler at itc.it>
> > said:
> > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 02:12:36PM +0500, Indictrans Team wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > sir.. we hve already digitized some of the existing scanned maps..but we
> > > > want to create a new map using some techniques like XFig
> > > > and then want to import it in Grass..
> > > 
> > > It's not clear to me why you want to use XFig.
> > > XFig produces Postscript output (for example) which cannot be
> > > imported into any GIS.
> > > 
> > > Markus Neteler
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Indictrans Team
> > > > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:12:18 +0200, "Markus Neteler" <neteler at itc.it>
> > > > said:
> > > > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 04:15:02PM +0500, Indictrans Team wrote:
> > > > > > sir,
> > > > > >  we r working in a group called Indictrans working on gnu/linux
> > > > > >  localisaton and e-governance etc. (ref www.indictrans.org) We wish to
> > > > > >  learn, use and popularise GRASS.During working on GRASS we get some
> > > > > >  problems.actually we have done operations like DIGITIZATION etc. on
> > > > > >  existing map.But we want to create a new map  .
> > > > > 
> > > > > What sort of new map do you want to create?
> > > > > 
> > > > > > we have referred to book OPEN SOURCE GIS:A GRASS GIS APPROACH and we
> > > > > > didn't get anything related to creation of new map.sir plz send us some
> > > > > > leads,links and information.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Do you mean printed maps? This is explained in chapter 8.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > 
> > > > >  Markus Neteler
> > > > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Markus Neteler     <neteler itc it>       http://mpa.itc.it
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> -- 
> Markus Neteler     <neteler itc it>       http://mpa.itc.it
> ITC-irst -  Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica
> MPBA - Predictive Models for Biol. & Environ. Data Analysis
> Via Sommarive, 18        -       38050 Povo (Trento), Italy