[Gvsig_english] Some questions regarding printing

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Hi Wolfgang, Hi list,

As following gv_sig development as user side point of view, the  
professionnal printing capability is a must have.

Actualy, gv_sig is, at least in the future v2, the only opensource gis  
that could do the job of making professionnal map, not only data  
querry or manipulation.

Since for the user, printing map for distrubution is also a goal,  
prepress output with accurate rendering is a must have (not like in  
arcmap where you can have road in you view but not printout).

Actualy we doesn't use gv_sig since the symbology is to basic for map  
making (starving to see the v2).  We stick with arcgis with big  
limitation like problem when using pdf output or tiff output so for  
professionnal printing, after many try, we print wallmap in tiff and  
finish inclusion of picture and others elements in photoshop since  
drift in color when doing all the work in arcmap layout.

So, to be a solid gis for mapmaking, gv_sig should be able to make all  
the prepress inside the application with prepress standard output like  
pdf/x3 or, beeing able to export the map layout directly in some  
prepress software like (scribus, sk1) to finish the work and then go  
for prepress.

Actualy, some opensource gis is available mostly for data manipulation  
and simple mapping.  None of them is close to gv_sig in the map making  
area.  So  I hope gv_sig will completely be able to handle big map  
format to send to prepress.

Marcel

Le 08-07-25 à 05:18, Wolfgang Qual a écrit :

> 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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