[GRASSLIST:604] Re: Absolute beginner

[Martin Wegmann]

Hello Tom, 

GIS is the right thing, but perhaps it is better to start with QGIS 
(www.qgis.org)  and import your point data (GPS data I suppose - import as 
txt using the plugin "insert delimited text layer") and load a satellite 
image/boarder etc. file as well. From this point on you can manipulate them 
in QGIS and do more sophisticated analysis using GRASS. 
BTW the forthcoming version of QGIS can interact with GRASS

For the data, have a look at 
http://www.freegis.org
http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml
http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/

However there are many other data sources but it depends what you are exactly 
looking for. 

regards, Maritn

On Thursday 06 April 2006 14:52, Thomas Zastrow wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I'm an absolute beginner to the field of GIS-Software, but I have a task
> which seems to be solveable with a GIS-software :-)
>
> I'm working in a linguistic project which deals with dialects. So, we
> have a land - in this case bulgaria - with villages, cities and so on.
> I've got long- and lattitude-values for each of this locations. Now I
> need a software which I can tell "Make a point in blue color at this
> coordinates".
>
> I think that GIS-Software is the right thing for me? Can I do that with
> GRASS?? I'm honest, I downloaded and installed GRASS, read some
> tutorials, but I don't know where I can get bulgarian maps and how to
> import them and so on ...
>
> Perhaps you can give me some tips?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Tom

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