[GRASSLIST:36] Geology Maps and Grass

One of the Oldest and largest Scientific Departments of India is evaluating GRASS GIS.
No doubt that it is compared with ARC-INFO.

We are having difficulty to demonstrate Good Mapcomposition through
GRASS.

  1. Geological structural symbols like Foliation / Bedding which are taken from a table
    and represented with the rotation as per table… How can we do it, in GRASS or
    any FOSS software?

  2. Symbol generation for GEOLOGY, what FOSS software to use ?

  3. Preparation of a map with Cartographic elegance, What FOSS to Use.

ThanX in anticipation


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On Monday 13 March 2006 03:40 am, RAVI KUMAR wrote:

One of the Oldest and largest Scientific Departments of India is evaluating
GRASS GIS. No doubt that it is compared with ARC-INFO.

  We are having difficulty to demonstrate Good Mapcomposition through
  GRASS.

  1. Geological structural symbols like Foliation / Bedding which are taken
from a table and represented with the rotation as per table.. How can we do
it, in GRASS or any FOSS software?

  2. Symbol generation for GEOLOGY, what FOSS software to use ?

  3. Preparation of a map with Cartographic elegance, What FOSS to Use.

  ThanX in anticipation

Give the generic mapping tools a try:

http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/

--
Dylan Beaudette
Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341

Dylan,

My thought exactly… Some very stunning graphics can be created with GMT.

Tom

Dylan Beaudette wrote:

On Monday 13 March 2006 03:40 am, RAVI KUMAR wrote:
  

One of the Oldest and largest Scientific Departments of India is evaluating
GRASS GIS. No doubt that it is compared with ARC-INFO.

  We are having difficulty to demonstrate Good Mapcomposition through
  GRASS.

  1. Geological structural symbols like Foliation / Bedding which are taken
from a table and represented with the rotation as per table.. How can we do
it, in GRASS or any FOSS software?

  2. Symbol generation for GEOLOGY, what FOSS software to use ?

  3. Preparation of a map with Cartographic elegance, What FOSS to Use.

  ThanX in anticipation

Give the generic mapping tools a try:

http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/

--
Thomas E Adams
National Weather Service
Ohio River Forecast Center
1901 South State Route 134
Wilmington, OH 45177

EMAIL: thomas.adams@noaa.gov

VOICE: 937-383-0528
FAX: 937-383-0033

I agree.
GMT may be tricky at first, but you can make excellent maps with it.

a good example (I guess this is from Dylan):

http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/drupal/node/102

Carlos

On 3/13/06, Thomas Adams <Thomas.Adams@noaa.gov> wrote:

Dylan,

My thought exactly… Some very stunning graphics can be created with GMT.

Tom

Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> On Monday 13 March 2006 03:40 am, RAVI KUMAR wrote:
>
>> One of the Oldest and largest Scientific Departments of India is evaluating
>> GRASS GIS. No doubt that it is compared with ARC-INFO.
>>
>> We are having difficulty to demonstrate Good Mapcomposition through
>> GRASS.
>>
>> 1. Geological structural symbols like Foliation / Bedding which are taken
>> from a table and represented with the rotation as per table.. How can we do
>> it, in GRASS or any FOSS software?
>>
>> 2. Symbol generation for GEOLOGY, what FOSS software to use ?
>>
>> 3. Preparation of a map with Cartographic elegance, What FOSS to Use.
>>
>> ThanX in anticipation
>>
>>
>>
>
> Give the generic mapping tools a try:
>
> http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/
>
>

--
Thomas E Adams
National Weather Service
Ohio River Forecast Center
1901 South State Route 134
Wilmington, OH 45177

EMAIL: thomas.adams@noaa.gov

VOICE: 937-383-0528
FAX: 937-383-0033

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              Carlos Henrique Grohmann - Guano
  Geologist M.Sc - Doctorate Student at IGc-USP - Brazil
Linux User #89721 - carlos dot grohmann at gmail dot com
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
_________________
"Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows
95 from my hard drive."
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by 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY creator Arthur C. Clarke

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, RAVI KUMAR wrote:

One of the Oldest and largest Scientific Departments of India is evaluating GRASS GIS.
  No doubt that it is compared with ARC-INFO.

  3. Preparation of a map with Cartographic elegance, What FOSS to Use.

I suggest you consider GMT (http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu) for quality
publishable maps, which can equal or better most commercial applications.
There are a number of ways of accessing GRASS data to plot with GMT.

Cheers

  Brent Wood

The USGS has some great geologic maps online here:

http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ImageLibrary/

If you aren't familure with proffessional geologic maps, (as opposed
to a geology figure in a journal article) it's worth taking a look at
these. They are very complex projects that challenge the best
cartographic tools available (at any cost).

David

On 3/13/06, Brent Wood <b.wood@niwa.co.nz> wrote:

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, RAVI KUMAR wrote:

> One of the Oldest and largest Scientific Departments of India is evaluating GRASS GIS.
> No doubt that it is compared with ARC-INFO.
>
> 3. Preparation of a map with Cartographic elegance, What FOSS to Use.

I suggest you consider GMT (http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu) for quality
publishable maps, which can equal or better most commercial applications.
There are a number of ways of accessing GRASS data to plot with GMT.

Cheers

  Brent Wood

--
David Finlayson

On Monday 13 March 2006 19:10, you wrote:

Hi:

My experience with GRASS and GMT is very positive. You can export the grass
raster files to GMT format and add lots of nice cartographic stuff.

I have some notes on the use of GMT and GMT with GRASS in my web site (see
below) but it is written in spanish (sorry ;-).

By the way, at the moment I have to map vector layers with tricky topology,
and I think (but I still have not tested) the best option is to use the png
driver with a proper size and insert the result into the postscript GMT file
like an image file, any suggestion?

Paco

I agree.
GMT may be tricky at first, but you can make excellent maps with it.

a good example (I guess this is from Dylan):

http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/drupal/node/102

Carlos

On 3/13/06, Thomas Adams <Thomas.Adams@noaa.gov> wrote:
> Dylan,
>
> My thought exactly… Some very stunning graphics can be created with GMT.
>
> Tom
>
> Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> > On Monday 13 March 2006 03:40 am, RAVI KUMAR wrote:
> >> One of the Oldest and largest Scientific Departments of India is
> >> evaluating GRASS GIS. No doubt that it is compared with ARC-INFO.
> >>
> >> We are having difficulty to demonstrate Good Mapcomposition through
> >> GRASS.
> >>
> >> 1. Geological structural symbols like Foliation / Bedding which are
> >> taken from a table and represented with the rotation as per table..
> >> How can we do it, in GRASS or any FOSS software?
> >>
> >> 2. Symbol generation for GEOLOGY, what FOSS software to use ?
> >>
> >> 3. Preparation of a map with Cartographic elegance, What FOSS to
> >> Use.
> >>
> >> ThanX in anticipation
> >
> > Give the generic mapping tools a try:
> >
> > http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/
>
> --
> Thomas E Adams
> National Weather Service
> Ohio River Forecast Center
> 1901 South State Route 134
> Wilmington, OH 45177
>
> EMAIL: thomas.adams@noaa.gov
>
> VOICE: 937-383-0528
> FAX: 937-383-0033

--
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
              Carlos Henrique Grohmann - Guano
  Geologist M.Sc - Doctorate Student at IGc-USP - Brazil
Linux User #89721 - carlos dot grohmann at gmail dot com
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
_________________
"Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows
95 from my hard drive."
--The winning entry in a "What were HAL's first words" contest judged
by 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY creator Arthur C. Clarke

--
Francisco Alonso Sarría
Departamento de Geografía
Universidad de Murcia
+34 968 364357
+34 968 367837
www.um.es/geograf/sigmur