I think that of all open source GIS, gvSIG currently has the most advanced interactive map production facilities:
http://www.oadigital.net/software/gvsigoade It has very advanced labeling modes, flexible symbology and symbol levels, and also comes with a complete map layout GUI. The version above also comes with integrated GRASS GIS 6.4, so you can directly map your GRASS data into a gvSIG data view and map layout. My colleagues have informed me that they can produce high-quality maps by exporting to PS/PDF and then doing the final retouching in Inkscape (of which the latest version is due any day now). Best, Ben On 08/17/2010 08:12 PM, kapo coulibaly wrote: > Thank you all for your suggestions. I've used qgis quite a bit, it has a nice > GUI but it is not very good with pretty maps. I'll give the SVG format, GMT > and other graphic softwares a try. But how do you handle large numbers of > feature (contour labeling)? It can be pretty tedious if you are going to > cycle through various attributes attached to the same features. I think there > is a case to be made that there is a gap to be filled. Opensource GIS > software (Grass GIS, qGIS, Mapwindow, Saga...etc) could use some enhancement > in this department. > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Malte Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > QGIS? > http://www.qgis.org/en.html > > It comes along with a GRASS Plugin so you can use GRASS datasets. > > Malte > > Am 17.08.2010 um 17:56 schrieb kapo coulibaly: > > I've been using opensource GIS for a while (GRASS a lot). But they > are all very limited when it comes to creating nice maps. I always have to > resolve to using ArcGIS to put final touches on maps. Anybody has a > suggestion for a free software to use for map design? > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
