On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:28 AM, David William Bitner <bit...@gyttja.org> 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!
>
> Simon,
>
> I strongly disagree here. One of the best things about Open Source tools is
> that they often follow the Unix Philosophy of being able to have very task
> specific tools. Cartography is most certainly a very different task than data
> analysis and I think that tools like InkScape are a very important part of
> the "toolbox". While I do agree that we need to do a better job integrating
> better cartographic tools into individual pieces of fosGIS packages, it is
> equally important to me that we create the linkages to make it easier to use
> complementary tools like InkScape as well.
>
>
Agree with David completely. For example, I can use Perl to create spatial
data, but I would not use Perl to create a map. Use the best tool for the job.
--
Puneet Kishor
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