[GRASS-user] newbie user

[Moritz Lennert]

On 07/05/12 17:17, Levente wrote:
> Thanks for both messages. I think for now I go for QGIS. However, I
> don't like the KDE interface. I still don't know where can I get a map
> from. I think some basic map would be fine with roads, waters, borders,
> etc.

You can try OpenStreetMap data [1], probably easiest in the form of 
Cloudmade's [2] or Geofabrik's [3] shapefiles.

Moritz

[1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/
[2] http://downloads.cloudmade.com/
[3] http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/