[GRASS-user] Vector drawings in PDF -> converting them

[John C. Tull]

I found this with a search of freshmeat.net. Perhaps it will work, and  
free. Let us know.
http://www.pstoedit.net/

Cheers,
John

On Jan 19, 2008, at 6:43 PM, Kurt Heston wrote:

> Paul,
>
> That tool works GREAT!  I tried it, half expecting it to simply  
> discard what it couldn't convert like all of the open-source tools  
> I'd found prior, but it worked...and well.  All of the objects the  
> PDF had to offer came right over.
>
> Interestingly, Illustrator complains before it opens the DXFs the  
> tool produces, but Grass is delighted with them.  My guess is the  
> AideCad people are formatting the DXF using an older standard.
>
> Part of what I'm doing with the GIS project I'm working on is trying  
> to convince my client that OS is the way to go (they are a non- 
> profit).  Having to buy a product to do this part of the data  
> conversion with a non-GPL app doesn't help with that part of  
> things.  However, it's great to have something that works.
> Thanks for the suggestion!
>
> --Kurt