[GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

[Pablo Carreira]

Good questioning. 
My solution is that I use Qgis with PDF output to produce the ilustration part of the map and them make the final product with all the legend and titles with Scribus.
 
Pablo Torres CarreiraINCRA/Araraquara - Brazil.
> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:17:18 +0200> From: chris.for.lists at googlemail.com> To: grass-user at lists.osgeo.org> Subject: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma> > Hi all,> > > I come here with a question/dilemma...> > Why ps.map lacks so much user support?> > A lot of people know about GRASS all over the world, but nearly nobody> use it, since nearly any software in the world is less difficult to> produce maps.> > GRASS is a wonderful tool for analysis, but it fails to produce the> ultimate result: a map.> > Even GMT is widely used, because a lot of people SHARE the scripts,> and there is the "GMT cookbook" on the official website.> > But for GRASS everybody can see some good examples here:> > http://grass.itc.it/screenshots/cartography.php> > But nearly nobody share the scripts to make these wonderful maps...> and you know, a lot of people will never "lose" their time trying to> figure out how ps.map works just using the man page.> > Ps.map also needs a "cookbook" in the future.> > And at: http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Ps.map_scripts> > Ok, we have finally a few scripts, but poorly documented.> > I use GRASS since 2001, it is nearly a complete solution for GIS (in> my opinion), but ps.map was always the weak point (in my opinion> too)... normally I need to export all my region/data to> GMT/ArcView/Surfer to make the final map.> > For example, my latest work was two pages for an atlas for National> Geographic Brasil/Brazil, with a work that I started developing with> GRASS since 2001... but guess if GRASS was used for the final map?> > This is a shame for me. :-(> > I am aware of g-ps.map (the alternate GUI for ps.map), but will take> sometime until it became truth.> > So... If there someone who wants to share his knowlegde, I can at> least help to compile and document the material to prepare a real> "ps.map cookbook" on the GRASS-Wiki.> > Who will join me, and share some material?> > Best regards,> Christian> > --> Christian dos Santos Ferreira> Oceanographer> Coordinator of Poseidon Linux> QGIS translator (EN to Brazilian Portuguese)> GRASS user since 2001 and "philosopher" for features ;-)> _______________________________________________> grass-user mailing list> grass-user at lists.osgeo.org> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
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