[Gvsig_english] question regarding high-quality printouts

[Wolfgang Qual]

just a test, whether nabble allows me to post from here...

grossosilvio wrote:
> 
> Hi Wolfgan,
> 
> I agree with all your suggestions and I read your mail with pleasure.
> 
> In my modest opinion gvSIG is, at the moment, the best  Open source
> software to print maps. 
> In particular, it is really easy to work with. Especially when you are
> used to work with ArcGis.
> 
> Unfortunately, sometimes, what you see in the map doesn't correspond with
> the pdf exported. 
> For example, with labels, sometimes, I have to increase a lot their size
> in order to get a good result in the final pdf.
> I know this is a known "bug" and the developers are working hard to solve
> it for the next releases. 
> Qgis has the same problem (in my opinion much worse). Qgis' developers are
> working hard to solve this problem too.
> 
> In my view, it would be great to have the choice to export the image
> regarding the map. Obviously, together with title, legend, North arrows
> and so on.
> At present, you can export the image regarding the view and it would be
> great to export the map as image as well (such as tiff, jpeg, png).
> Once you have the image is easy to transform it in a pdf.
> 
> Another option I miss very much in the map is the possibility to draw
> arrows. 
> If I am not wrong even ArcGis and Qgis don't have this option. I suppose
> it is difficult to implement.
> Gimp doesn't allow to draw arrows (only linees). Photoshop and Scribus, on
> the other hand, allow it.
> 
> Best regards.
> 
> Silvio
> 
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