>... In addition, I use linux (Debian) and the desktop GIS tools that > I tried (svSig, Qgis, and some more) did not provide publication quality > maps.
I would strongly suggest you take another look at some of these packages (especially QGIS). These are relatively young projects, and are growing (changing) quickly. For example, just recently, some very advanced symbology enhancements have been made to the QGIS project, and will likely be available in the next release (due out next month). Though of course, for graphs and other statistical outputs, nothing beats R! Carson -- Carson J. Q. Farmer National Centre for Geocomputation John Hume Building, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. http://www.carsonfarmer.com _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
