FYI, OpenJUMP can import ESRI Shapefiles and has some limited ability to export SVG. I believe some of our users are using this feature and Inkscape to produce maps.
I hope to revisit OpenJUMP's SVG export abilities in the next year. Landon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P Kishor Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 7:58 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Libre Graphics Meeting - Montreal, May 4-6 On 4/6/07, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was talking to some folks involved with the Libre Graphics Meeting > (below) and I think it'd be interesting to try to find some synergies > between our geospatial visualisation needs and their applications: > Blender, GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Scribus. We all know map production > is near and dear to our hearts and similar concepts are to theirs > too. It'd be great if someone could go and do a presentation about > our perspective on graphics with geo on the brain. A long time ago, another life, another place, I used a product called Mapublisher made by a Canadian company called Avenza. A plugin for Adobe Illustrator, t allowed me to import shapefiles into Illustrator and create nice looking posters/graphics, basically bypass the limitations of Arcview or of cutting and pasting bitmaps. Slick idea, it was. I believe Deneba's Canvas (or whatever the company is called now) does that as well. Having the ability to import shapefiles into Inkscape (a really fun product) would be very nice. . -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/education/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- collaborate, communicate, compete ===================================================================== _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
