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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Hi,<br /><br />I have been working in the field a bit lately where I use gvSIG 1.9 Desktop on a slate computer to ground truth GIS aerial photography and historical vector data.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">I have regularly thought having a 'note' taking facility would be very advantageous - draw a circle and attach text, highlight a zone and write a note, place an arrow and make a comment.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">I have seen a crude version of this in OpenJUMP where a box can be inserted with text. What I was thinking was something like this but that text could be attached to lines, arrows, points, polygons or highlighted areas. Pretty much the same as the annotation mark-up tools found in PDF viewers.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">I know that you can create a point shapefile and enter text but this is not quite the same. I suppose my suggestion is a little less formal and aimed at the spontaneous. Imagine reviewing a file and seeing an error - you just want to click on a tool, point to a spot and note the problem. Not create a point file, save to a specific directory, have the screen jump all around the place once the command window appears and leaving the file open for editing indefinitely as you do your stuff.<br /></p>
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<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Cheers Simon</p>
<p style=" margin-top:12px; margin-bottom:12px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Simon Cropper <br />Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd<br />PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.<br />P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.<br /><a href="mailto:scropper@botanicusaustralia.com.au"><span style=" text-decoration: underline; color:#0057ae;">mailto: scropper@botanicusaustralia.com.au</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au"><span style=" text-decoration: underline; color:#0057ae;">web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au</span></a> <br /></p></body></html>