On Apr 12, 2010, at 12:16 , Alan W. Irwin wrote: > I think it is time that we take advantage of that free map data > rather than > limiting ourselves to just the four map data files that are currently > accessible from PLplot. Ideally the availability of free GIS data > (along > with changes to plmap to allow access to those data) should allow > us to > replace example 19 to provide examples of some really high-quality > maps that > are built directly from free GIS data by PLplot.
I think this is a great idea! My only caution would be to watch out for including too much GIS-specific functionality within PLplot. IMHO, it would be preferable to use external (and externally maintained!) libraries if/when possible. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
