Michael Lake wrote:
>> So, the current problem is finding FOSS or affordable software to do
>> this good gis work. I have recently been through FOSS offerings, many
>> and scattered functionality and it looks like a write your own situation.
>
>
> Look at GRASS. It's a FOSS GIS.
> http://www.geog.uni-hannover.de/grass/index.php
> It's also available in a Debian package.
How is it's vector aspects now?
Good for carto yet?
When I last looked at it, it was yes/no for a tick in a grid to indicate
coverage, i.e. this species exists here type thing with accurracy
determined by grid details, then thin lines for linear features (roads,
contours, etc).
Must look again anyway.
>
> However one problem for your bicycling will remain - access to high
> resolution maps. The Aust Gov. has decided that even though we as tax
> payers have paid for mapping high res maps are only available at a large
> $ cost. I have a similar problem in that I want topo maps for plotting
> cave locations onto. The GIS software is there for Linux but not the data.
For the Around Australia stuff, I have inherited a set of "aging" topo
maps, which could be chunk scanned, co-ordinate converted (AMG66 -> Geo)
and act as a base, aka GE. Totally frustrated that I can not locate
software to do this without $$$$$.
The data $$$$ is a major hinderance. Australia was in the forefront of
GIS development until this started biting. This government policy is
holding us back in lots of areas.
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