[GRASS-user] Producing map layouts and map composition

[Moritz Lennert]

On 21/02/13 18:42, katrin eggert wrote:
> Dear Nikos,
> thank you for your reply. Just two questions:
> 1- Which one is better to produce composites? I mean, more easier and
> stable?

As Nicos said, you have to try out for yourself. Most people will 
probably find QGIS easier in terms of interactive cartography. And with 
the GRASS plugin you can use QGIS to layout a map with data that is in 
your GRASS database.

In GRASS ps.map allows to create printing-quality maps. There now is a 
graphical frontend to ps.map (the map composer) which allows you to get 
going, but for finetuning you probably will still have to use a text 
editor as ps.map works with text instructions. The great advantage is 
the fact that once you have your perfect layout you can easily produce 
hundreds of maps in a script.

 > 2- Is there any limitation version? I'm usng6.4.2

ps.map is a very old and tried module, so 6.4.2 is fine.

Moritz

> Thanks
> Kat
>
> 2013/2/21 Nikos Alexandris <nik at nikosalexandris.net
> <mailto:nik at nikosalexandris.net>>
>
>     katrin eggert:
>      > Hi
>
>     Hi!
>
>      > I'm familiar with OSGEO software but possibly not much on doing maps
>      > printouts and compositions such as this one that I have found (
>      > http://www.capfida.mg/km/site_spip/IMG/zip/Trial2-Maps-EN-2.zip)
>
>      > What I would like to know is:
>      > 1- can I do this in GRASS?
>
>     Absolutely!
>
>      > 2- If yes, can anyone indicate me any blog or help or tips on how
>     to do
>      > this in an easy way (I have done this in ArcGIS and Now I want to
>     use Open
>      > Source tools)
>
>     Random pointers:
>
>     - <http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Cartography>
>     - <http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/cartography/>
>
>     Check also GRASS-Wiki pages categorised as "ps.map":
>
>     - <http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Ps.map>
>     - <http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/WxGUI#GUI_for_ps.map>
>
>     and
>
>     - <http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/drupal/node/944>
>
>      > 3- Is there any oter OSGEO software that can do this in an easier
>     way than
>      > GRASS?
>
>     Also in QuantumGIS.
>
>     Best, Nikos
>
>
>
>
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