[GRASSLIST:60] Re: Geology Maps and Grass

David Finlayson david.p.finlayson at gmail.com
Mon Mar 13 18:46:45 EST 2006


The USGS has some great geologic maps online here:

http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ImageLibrary/

If you aren't familure with proffessional geologic maps, (as opposed
to a geology figure in a journal article) it's worth taking a look at
these. They are very complex projects that challenge the best
cartographic tools available (at any cost).

David


On 3/13/06, Brent Wood <b.wood at niwa.co.nz> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, RAVI KUMAR wrote:
>
> > One of the Oldest and largest Scientific Departments of India is evaluating GRASS GIS.
> >   No doubt that it is compared with ARC-INFO.
> >
> >   3. Preparation of a map with Cartographic elegance, What FOSS to Use.
>
> I suggest you consider GMT (http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu) for quality
> publishable maps, which can equal or better most commercial applications.
> There are a number of ways of accessing GRASS data to plot with GMT.
>
> Cheers
>
>   Brent Wood
>
>


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David Finlayson




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