[Gvsig_english] printing

[Wolfgang Qual]

Hi Giovanni,
that's why we are waiting so much for gvSIG 2.0 to come! The symbology will be very much different to that what we have now. I am really looking forward to seeing it (but I was told that it will not take too long until we can test a first release candiate were symbology tools is fully integrated).

Wolfgang

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> Datum: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:23:11 +0200
> Von: "G. Allegri" <giohappy at gmail.com>
> An: "Users and Developers mailing list" <gvsig_internacional at runas.cap.gva.es>
> CC: chris.puttick at thehumanjourney.net
> Betreff: Re: [Gvsig_english] printing

> I add myself as interested user about this topic. As member of the
> geologist community, I must say that we still miss high-quality OS
> cartographic tools. GMT is a good one, but it's really far away from
> being user friendly, but I still hope that a good GUI for it will come
> out...
> I think that, before the questions about cartographic layout, there's
> the need of advanced *simbology* tools. That's what I expect from a
> GIS point of view. Then I think, like Wolfgang and others, that a GIS
> should provide
> 
> 1 - good functionalities for daily works prinout (this doesn't been
> low-quality!)
> 2 - delegate the professional printout to other dedicated softwares
> 
> I think that the simbology functionalities should be improved, but
> this should open another kind of thread...
> 
> Giovanni
> 
> PS: I use Google Docs, but I would avoid it for large discussions
> because (if I'm not wrong) it needs gmail accounts to share and
> partecipate.
> 
> 
> 2008/10/16 Wolfgang Qual <Wolfgang.Qual at gmx.net>:
> > Hi Chris, all
> >
> >
> >> My experience in IT suggests this is by far the worst option. The
> habit,
> >> built in the proprietary marketplace where users need to be "sold" new
> >> versions, of trying to build all possible functionality into a single
> piece of
> >> software all too often results in software that is not so very good at
> >> anything, and almost always results in software that is prone to
> crashing,
> >> inconsistencies between versions e.g. in data interchange, and
> extremely slow to
> >> fix bugs.
> > You are right - this is really a risk. And gvSIG might be already in
> danger of going towards that, as more and more functionality is going to be
> built in that wonderful program. So this issue has to be handeled with great
> care. Developers, what do you think of this?
> >>
> >> Ensuring there is a seamless flow between applications involved in
> >> different stages is a far more sustainable approach.
> > yes.
> >> This seems a reasonable approach for the majority of cartographic
> needs.
> >> For some of our needs however we would always need to finish the output
> in a
> >> graphics focussed application as we are producing maps as illustrations
> >> for client reports. The traditional (last 5 years ;) ) workflow in
> contract
> >> archaeology is from ArcGIS to Illustrator; gvSIG output to SVG would
> then
> >> neatly substitute gvSIG to Inkscape for that workflow, with the added
> >> potential benefit of rich web publishing of maps using the SVG output.
> > And this is also very important: how do users work out there? I guess,
> if there is a "traditional" approved workflow then we should really keep
> this in mind. Prepress-activities are might be not everyday-work- therefore,
> "standard" layout and "office printing" should be doable within gvSIG.
> > Export for high-quality map production or publication should be ensured.
> > @Chris: what export-format do you use to export your map out of ArcGIS:
> eps? image files?
> >
> >> Google Doc or a Wiki page, if the latter use OSGeo?
> > Maybe we shoul also start a second doc / or chapter, where detailed
> report on existing printing / layout issues is written down.
> >
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Wolfgang
> >
> >
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