I think that of all open source GIS, gvSIG currently has the
most advanced interactive map production facilities:
http://www.oadigital.net/software/gvsigoade
It has very advanced labeling modes, flexible symbology and
symbol levels, and also comes with a complete map layout GUI.
The version above also comes with integrated GRASS GIS 6.4, so
you can directly map your GRASS data into a gvSIG data view
and map layout.
My colleagues have informed me that they can produce high-quality
maps by exporting to PS/PDF and then doing the final retouching
in Inkscape (of which the latest version is due any day now).
Best,
Ben
On 08/17/2010 08:12 PM, kapo coulibaly wrote:
Thank you all for your suggestions. I've used qgis quite a bit, it has a nice GUI but it is not very good with pretty maps. I'll give the SVG format, GMT and other graphic softwares a try. But how do you handle large numbers of feature (contour labeling)? It can be pretty tedious if you are going to cycle through various attributes attached to the same features. I think there is a case to be made that there is a gap to be filled. Opensource GIS software (Grass GIS, qGIS, Mapwindow, Saga...etc) could use some enhancement in this department.
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Malte Martin <malte@perlomat.de> wrote:
QGIS?
http://www.qgis.org/en.htmlIt comes along with a GRASS Plugin so you can use GRASS datasets.
Malte
Am 17.08.2010 um 17:56 schrieb kapo coulibaly:
I've been using opensource GIS for a while (GRASS a lot). But they are all very limited when it comes to creating nice maps. I always have to resolve to using ArcGIS to put final touches on maps. Anybody has a suggestion for a free software to use for map design?
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