[Gvsig_english] R: TIP - Using ImagePrinter to print maps to JPEG format (Windows Only)

[Kai-Christian Bruhn]

Hi all,

a look here might also be useful:

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Current_PDF_Support

Best

Kai

silvio grosso schrieb:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> First of all THANKS a lot very much for all the testing you are doing on gvSIG 1.9 :-)
> 
>> Simon Cropper wrote:
>> For those people interested, I am currently preparing a
>> tutorial that  will eventually be posted on my website
> 
> Having good tutorials in English for gvSIG 1.9 is really, really important.
> I am totally sure many users are looking for them right now.
> Consequently, keep them coming :-)
> 
> Maybe, in the end, some power-user will write a book in English about gvSIG 1.9.
> Something like the book "Getting to know ArcGIS" and like.
> Having such a book, for sale, e.g. on Amazon, will prove really useful for spreading gvSIG furthermore.
> Needless to say, it could be useful for the writer bank's account as well ;-)
> 
>> Anyone who knows of a program with comparable functionality
>> that can run 
>> on either of these systems please let me know
> 
> I don't know if you already know it but I could suggest you a good software for exporting pdf file to jpeg.
> It runs on Windows.
> Its name is: Pdf-Xchange viewer and it is freeware (not open-source, though).
> Its webpage is: http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer
> There is even the portable version for Windows (no privilege as administrator required to install it).
> The link to get the portable version is: http://www.docu-track.com/downloads/users/
> As regards Linux, I run without major problems, the commercial version (which allow to crop your pdf, delete its pages, export some pages etc).
> This through Wine, on Ubuntu Karmic.
> You can use Pdf-Xchange viewer, at work, even for commercial use.
> 
> With such a software you can export the gvSIG Map PDF as image (e.g. as jpeg, tiff, png etc, etc).
> Pdf-xchange viewer (portable or not), in my view, is much powerful than Acrobat reader (the freeware version).
> This in that it allows you, for instance, to draw arrows, circles, squares on your Pdf Map.
> You can write some text; you can highlight it, underline it and so forth.
> Its main advantage is that is is easy to use (no "geek" knowledge is required).
> As I have explained, it is free (even though not open-source, unfortunately!)
> 
> Best regards and thanks again for your upcoming tutorials
> 
> Silvio
> 
> 
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