Brent - The world of quality cartography started going down the drain once the Web-mapping world concluded that those "projection" things were obsolete and that longitude and latitude were really nothing but Cartesian X/Y coordinates in disguise.
- Ed Ed McNierney Chief Mapmaker Demand Media / TopoZone.com 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305 North Chelmsford, MA 01863 Phone: 978-251-4242, Fax: 978-251-1396 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Fraser Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:13 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is there an Open Source software application thatwill draw a graticule on a map? Ed, Only the old v3.7 dlgv32 is available in source (that I know of). dlgv32pro is really GlobalMapper (non-free, non-open, but a great tool). And while GlobalMapper will draw a set of lat/lon lines, it has no cartographic-quality map composition capability. Yikes! Is National-Topographic-Series quality cartography dead? Am I destined to print only pastel polygon "diagrams" on letter size paper if I adopt Open Source? ;) Brent Fraser GeoAnalytic Inc. Calgary, Alberta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed McNierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is there an Open Source software applicationthat will draw a graticule on a map? > Brent - > > I'm not quite sure it suits your needs, but have you looked at the dlgv32 > viewer the USGS distributes at > http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drc/dlgv32pro/index.html ? > > I haven't used it in a while, but it does offer graticule overlay, > large-format printing, and comes with a source distribution; I don't recall > the details of the source license, and my memory may be a bit weak on the > features. It's a Windows application and you can certainly download it and > give it a shot. > > - Ed > > -- > Ed McNierney > Chief Mapmaker > Demand Media / TopoZone.com > 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305 > North Chelmsford, MA 01863 > Phone: (978) 251-4242 > Fax: (978) 251-1396 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > From: Brent Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > > Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:36:26 -0600 > > To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is there an Open Source software application that > > will draw a graticule on a map? > > > > Hi all, > > > > I've been looking for an Open Source desktop application > > that will: > > > > 1. Combine raster and vector spatial data, and (re)project > > them > > 2. Render a graticule (lines and labels showing latitude and > > longitude) (and no, I don't want to create a shapefile to do > > that) > > 3. Print to a large format plotter (paper 24 inches wide or > > greater) > > > > So far I've looked at uDig, Quantum GIS, and gvSig. As far > > as I can tell, none of them can do Step 2, and only gvSig > > does Step 3 successfully. > > > > Any pointers would be appreciated! > > > > Brent Fraser > > GeoAnalytic Inc. > > Calgary, Alberta > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss