[Qgis-user] Wall Map

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 08/06/2012 20:31, Brent Wood ha scritto:

> QGIS is not really a cartographic tool, GMT is. Designed to support up to A0 size
> posters out of the box. GMT is not an interactive GIS/Mapping tool, nor does it
> directly interoperate with spatial databases, etc
> 
> I use the (IMHO) best tool for the job, & don't think any one tool can, or
> necessarily should, do everything. I have a FOSS GIS suite that does all I need for
> my work & play, & QGIS is certainly a crucial member of the suite, but not the only one.

That's the venerable *NIX approach. Of course nothing wrong with that, but it is a
fact that for most users nowadays the most appreciated approach is the "one tool for
everything". So in short I would like to see QGIS to include as much cartographic
functionality as possible. Any specific suggestion about missing functions or areas
of improvement would be important in this respect..

> Where I use GMT in particular is repeated maps, such as species distributions, where
> a script along the lines of :
> 
> for spp in list; draw map

We have a nice plugin that does about the same thing.

> Similarly I have used OpenDX for interactive 3D animations with topo data as layers
> in a 3D space, & I would not expect QGIS to try & replicate that functionality.

Have you seen the 3D Globe plugin? Still to be completed though.

All the best, and many thanks for your thoughts.
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Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia
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