On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 at 02:04, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostayl...@mtop.gub.uy> wrote: > > Hi. Where I work we need to find an open alternative to ArcGIS in order to > produce maps for printing. We were trying with QGIS but we have problems with > labeling linear elements.
I'd be very curious to hear more about this -- particularly if you've got example screenshots you can take! > Is there anyone in the list that has experience with preparing maps for > printing with open source software? Does anybody know what is the best FOSS4G > for doing this? Tutorials? As others have pointed out, QGIS is really the only choice for professional cartography in the open source realm, unless you want to dive in and do things manually... But the good news is that QGIS **has** a very strong cartographic following, and many many users and developers who are passionate about making it the best cartographic tool available (see eg https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/37840). If you've good suggestions on how to improve QGIS' cartographic abilities, you should definitely submit them to the project for consideration. Nyall > > Thanks, > > > Sergio Acosta y Lara > Departamento de Geomática > Dirección Nacional de Topografía > Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas > URUGUAY > (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330 > http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss