[Gvsig_english] Some questions regarding printing

[Wolfgang Qual]

Hello Rory, list,
well sorry. This map was made using ArcView 3.2. Most of the layers were given 
to us from the local survey department. Especially the street names layer an 
the point symbols were ready-to-use (all characters of the names are polygons 
and symbols consist of line features).
But still - it is our big goal to make all this in gvSIG, too. Creating a 
mapfile for this is already nearly possible using the marvellous publish 
extension (many thanks to its developer, Jose Vicente!).
And the printing... I am optimistic. As said before, the first thing will be 
to collect all the wishes of the users. to keep on testing and try to find 
alternative ways to be able to cope with lack of functionality in the mean 
time....

Best regards,
Wolfgang

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Am Donnerstag 31 Juli 2008 18:10:13 schrieb Rory Hill:
> Hi Wolfgang,
>
> Wow great map! I am quite amazed that you managed to produce all of that
> in gvSIG - that must have taken a lot of time and effort!
>
> All the best,
>
> Rory.
>
> Wolfgang Qual wrote:
> > Am Freitag 25 Juli 2008 14:57:45 schrieb Rory Hill:
> >> Hi Wolfgang and all,
> >>
> >> You know that I support any measures taken to improve quality and
> >> functionality of the Map Composer. I hope some improvements will be made
> >> for v2.0, whenever it is released.
> >
> > As far as I know, there won't be many improvements regarding this in 2.0
> >
> >> Your cycle map sounds like a nice piece of cartography! Have you a
> >> sample that can be viewed online?
> >
> > Yes. We have also a mapserver-version of that map. The "frame" around the
> > map soon will be enhanced and the service will be moved to a new server.
> > Therfore, the current map is a little bit slow. You will have to click a
> > little bit on the map to get a mor detailed view. Nevertheless, the link
> > to the map (if it does not work for you, please do not hesitate to
> > contact me): -->
> > http://dream.lrrl.arch.tu-muenchen.de/cgi/M3.cgi?map=radlstadtplan_aktuel
> >l.dfo.map
> >
> > Symbology and small scale labels of street names are shapefile geometries
> > - therefore, this will not be an issue for gvSIG. The only question is:
> > how-to-get all this on paper! Or - before that - into a file that can be
> > handed over to a professional printing service..
> >
> > What about the developers and organizing-staff of the gvSIG software? Is
> > the "professional printing" already on your list? What is your estimation
> > regarding complexness and difficulty of implementing the desired
> > functionality?
> >
> > Best,
> > Wolfgang
> > ------------
> >
> >> All the best,
> >>
> >> Rory.
> >>
> >> Wolfgang Qual wrote:
> >>> Hi list,
> >>> few months ago, there was a discussion on this list regarding the
> >>> possibility of creating high-quality printouts, resp. creating
> >>> printfiles that can be given to a professional printing-service. Thus,
> >>> it would be necesary to create special pdf-files (for example pdf/x-3,
> >>> x1a) or create such files out of a ps-file in an external application.
> >>> At the moment, this seems not be possible using gvSIG and available
> >>> external
> >>> applications, because of different reasons:
> >>> * ps/pdf-Export of gvSIG is limited - depeding on the size of the
> >>> content of the map, exporting seems to be a problem (even with quite
> >>> some RAM), some symbology information is missing and a known bug
> >>> regarding labeling * to my knowledge, it is not possible to process
> >>> ps-files to
> >>> pdf/x-3-files using open source software (such as scribus, which can
> >>> save pdf-documents in x-3-format).
> >>> So why do I write all this?
> >>> Well, first, I would be interested in the opinion of the developers.
> >>> What is foreseen for the future regarding "professional printing": do
> >>> you see gvSIG to become an application, which should allow users to
> >>> create files that can be used for professional printing purpose? If
> >>> gvSIG itself won't do the job, it should be possible to create
> >>> export-files which can be used within a dtp-programme or any other
> >>> program that allows the creation of the requested files.
> >>> What about users: how do you deal with this issue? What is you opinion
> >>> regarding "professional printing". Do you consider it as necessary or
> >>> are you just happy with the printing functionality of the current
> >>> version? Right now, it is already possible to quickly create a paper
> >>> map of your project. This is already very good and I like the map
> >>> composer very much. However, I think that we should discuss about the
> >>> next step. I would be very glad, if you would add *your opionion*. We -
> >>> the Department of Health and Environment of the City of Munich would
> >>> like to create a cycle map using an open source tool - using gvSIG.
> >>> Therefore, that topic is of growing importance. Maybe other users do
> >>> plan similar things. I am really looking forward to hearing from
> >>> you....
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> Wolfgang
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