Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

2008-04-08 Thread Arnulf Christl
Frank Warmerdam wrote: Markus Neteler wrote: Dear OSGeo, I would like to launch the idea of an OSGeo Cartographic Library to share concepts, source code and regression tests: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Cartographic_Library GRASS, QGIS and others are in the need of own map printing

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

2008-04-08 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
I've tried to group some of discussion into various components that I think are being discussed all at once: 8.1 Style Layout Configuration Standards 8.2 Graphical Style Layout Editor 8.3 Graphical Map Composition Editor 8.4 Rendering Engine 8.5 Libraries I'm personally less interested in

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

2008-04-08 Thread Rushforth, Peter
Hi, This is an interesting discussion! In the XML world, the answer to graphics rendering is SVG + XSL-FO, generated by XSLT scripts according to styling rules. XSL-FO is then rendered via a formatting objects processor, like Apache FOP. I'm of the opinion that a pipeline like: GML +/- (any

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

2008-04-08 Thread Michael P. Gerlek
(Is GeoPDF open now? I was under the impression that they were claiming IP in there, but my info is a couple years old.) -mpg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rushforth, Peter Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:56 AM To: OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal: OSGeo Cartographic Library

2008-04-08 Thread RAVI KUMAR
Hi all, among the OS GIS we are trying Map Layouts especially for Geoscience 1. using OpenJUMP where in tools are present for rotating Geological structural symbols. We have even printed to judge the accuracy of scale. 2. Shape file to SVG is a convenient option to color the final output in