-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 25/11/10 14:44, Anna Hodgkinson escribió: > Dear Wolfgang, dear list, > > I have been exporting maps from gvSIG and editing (fine-tuning) them later > with Inkscape for a while now and never had any major problems. > > My usual workflow is as follows: > - Create the map layout in gvSIG, do as much fine-tuning as possible before > exporting, such as making sure the scalebar is set to the right Intervals > etc., but don't worry - you can do a lot of editing in Inkscape, so even > rectangles in white that you might want to use to offset map elements against > backgrounds can be changed etc. > Make sure you set your margins and page size correct (Map - age setup)!!! > > - Export as PDF (use the PDF button on the toolbar). > > - Open Inkscape, and do "File - Import" - select the PDF you just created in > gvSIG and import it. > The page size should remain the same! > > - In Inkscape, ungroup all elements - select all (either ctrl+a or "draw" a > frame around all elements), then do "Object - Ungroup". Repeat this several > times, you will have to select all objects again before repeatedly > ungrouping. Make sure you "draw" your selection frame around the entire batch > of objects to be ungrouped - click on them and you may accidentally move them! > > Pay attention to the scalebar: You can, after about 3-4 "ungrouping" actions > unmerge the numbers from the bar to make it "look nice", same with all sorts > of map elements, change colours, line weights etc. > > You can either "mask" any vector data that, through ungrouping, has been > exploded and now sticks out beyond the margins, or (cheap and easy) draw > white, frameless rectangles in the margins to cover them up. > > - In Inkscape do "File - save as" and save as PDF. When closing Inkscape you > will be prompted to save the drawing as .svg as well - it's worth doing so, > as you will be able to do further editing in case you need to. > > I hope this helps. I have been using this methodology for over a year now, > and find it very simple and good to use! > > Please refer to the manual for editing maps in Inkscape, recently published > by Oxford Archaeology [1] for details on the above procedure! > > All the best, > > Anna > > > [1] http://library.thehumanjourney.net/366/ >
Thanks for sharing Anna!! I've posted your message at the gvSIG blog as I found it really interesting. Best - -- Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas gvSIG Team at Prodevelop Technical Collaborations Manager http://www.gvsig.org http://www.gvsig.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM7o6pAAoJEAOYD75lvHdBXUEH/RYw21DbYPUKFRHRy++PfhNa 6IIjOjTdJjOtdtLFUj3t51wGbob6aXN4GtYxQ5IRZwV4InzBTf/lhOEQ6lQtcylm kXOD2rB2D+/bRvxIAwYsBek4lK4QY5wi5EJ4nlodaglbLdMnO0t65vaSeXIiylgz z4a+xSy5S2rypAMMzB2WmVQo8kobg7FUJX8XiE37spelN/+UIe7+LKtRxqBw+ssx bxQiDcQ8wDRJ3jcHO5IgeUOkY+ifyMKyEt+OBcEpWJposPtb7qQ4RrHjsiPN9miO 20tRlAKAWe6tgJIITzCIU0Zp+6s5tSokGQga5pF9fLSmof0eBLBqYiB34leRkeo= =r8Ij -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
