I hope this has not been asked before, because apparently repetition
is fuel for flames. Has anyone had luck importing ps.map output into
Island Paint (of Island Write, Draw & Paint)? I sure don't want to
spend 1K bucks if it doesn't, but I'm tired of not having Postscript
capabilities. I'm hoping I'll be able to make good maps on my HP
Paintjet XL. The literature says has conversion capabilities for
PostScript and HPGL.
Erin O'Doherty
Rocky Mtn Exp Station
USDA Forest Service
Laramie WY USA
/s=e.odoherty/ou=r02f06@mhs-fswa.attmail.com
I have used Island Write, Draw, and Paint on an SCO-Open Desk workstation
for quite some time and have used it to incorporate graphics from many
packages into documents to be plotted or printed. Most of this
printing has been done on monochrome and color postscript printers.
Other printing has been done on Calcomp Electrostatic plotters, but this
requires some custom software.
The graphics has come from MOSS, Arc Info, and GRASS, and else where. I
don't remember the details on how I got GRASS things to Island, but it wasn't
hard. Also, I probably sent the GRASS stuff thur a pbmplus filter before
taking it into Island. Island Graphics works real well, but some times things
get tricky. It isn't always obvious what import format will work best,
and often turns out that one wants to transform things a bit with pbmplus
or an equivalent package before using the Island Software.
David Mandel
There are a couple ways of importing GRASS data into Island Graphics.
First, one can use ps.map to produce a postscript file which can be
imported into IslandDraw. This works.
Second, one can use ??? (I forget the command) to produce a ppm file, and
then use a pbmplus utility such as pnmtoxwd to pnmtogif to produce a file
which can be imported into IslandPaint. This works better. The end
product is less grainy and looks better.
David Mandel