Barry, This sounds like a good idea, I would be happy to contribute something. I have two ESRI map books at work that I sometimes use to get an idea on how other people visualize different data sets.
- Nathan On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Simon Cropper > <simoncrop...@fossworkflowguides.com> wrote: > >> I think it important however that people *do not* use Inkscape, unless >> of course it is being put up as an fosGIS package. Using Inkscape has >> come about due to the inherent deficiencies in map production in various >> packages. >> >> Any maps produced for such a book need to be produced solely using the >> package they are meant to be showcasing. Otherwise the resulting map is >> not representative of what can be produced using a particular GIS >> package but rather the artistic skill of the cartographer! > > [ Can the people discussing Arnulf's public geospatial data committee > stuff please change their subject line and start a new thread? thx ] > > Hi Simon, > > if I was worried about having too many maps for the atlas then I'd > consider putting more restrictions on the entries. However my fear is > having too few. Plus it is indeed partly intended to show artistic > skill and as long as the work is substantially created using > open-source software then I wouldn't reject it. > > Aspects of commercial cartography are still done outside of > commercial GIS - eg by loading Windows Metafiles from a GIS into Adobe > Illustrator - and I see no reason why that workflow can't be allowed > for Open Source Cartography. I don't think Open Source GIS needs to be > Open Source GIS Plus Desktop Publishing. > > Also, we get to highlight integration between open source projects > that is facilitated by Open Standards, and those standards are going > beyond spatial standards (such as using SVG to go between Qgis and > Inkscape). > > > Barry > _______________________________________________ > 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