All,
Interesting thread here.
GIMP is very scriptable. I've used it for quite a while actually. A
stripped down version for use as a CGI would be something that might be
pretty slick as an add on to a Web Service. Something to add to a
Client Layout Canvas product (of which I've been experimenting with
lately) would do wonders. SVG import would be a good medium for
transfer of vector data, even Postscript would work.
Being able to add even some of the graphic filters to the Map output
would allow for a wealth of options for Map Displays.
bobb
P Kishor wrote:
On 4/6/07, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was talking to some folks involved with the Libre Graphics Meeting
(below) and I think it'd be interesting to try to find some synergies
between our geospatial visualisation needs and their applications:
Blender, GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Scribus. We all know map production
is near and dear to our hearts and similar concepts are to theirs
too. It'd be great if someone could go and do a presentation about
our perspective on graphics with geo on the brain.
A long time ago, another life, another place, I used a product called
Mapublisher made by a Canadian company called Avenza. A plugin for
Adobe Illustrator, t allowed me to import shapefiles into Illustrator
and create nice looking posters/graphics, basically bypass the
limitations of Arcview or of cutting and pasting bitmaps. Slick idea,
it was.
I believe Deneba's Canvas (or whatever the company is called now) does
that as well. Having the ability to import shapefiles into Inkscape (a
really fun product) would be very nice.
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