> Tcl/Tk is ok for making GUIs. But one has to program
> too much to deal with 
> maps. R is capable of lots more. It can extract and
> process information from 
> maps, work seamlessly with almost anything. It is
> easy to use TCL/TK with the 
> R engine...if you know both. There is lot of
> development going on in this 
> area... especially for the making standalone
> programs using R and for GUIs 
> for R. 
 
True, and the other possibility is to use R and some
other GIS tools, eg, ArcInfo, or Arcview, GRASS. The
GRASS/R interface or RArcinfo would be worth checking
out.

/Arin 


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