Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G for cartography production

2020-07-22 Thread Adam Steer
Not at all, I wanted to clarify just in case I came across as 'this is a
necessary step' and accidentally downplaying QGIS capabilities ;)

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G for cartography production

2020-07-22 Thread Nyall Dawson
On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 at 10:46, Adam Steer  wrote:
>
> I should point out that my own usage of inkscape / gimp is because of 
> 'reversion to the familiar' rather than 'QGIS is missing stuff'.
>
> Eli and Nyall are right, QGIS has a *lot* to offer before any need to export 
> and manually touch up!

And apologies if my reply came across as downplaying the role of
manual/postprocessing cartography -- that wasn't my intention!

Nyall
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G for cartography production

2020-07-22 Thread Adam Steer
I should point out that my own usage of inkscape / gimp is because of
'reversion to the familiar' rather than 'QGIS is missing stuff'.

Eli and Nyall are right, QGIS has a *lot* to offer before any need to
export and manually touch up!

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G for cartography production

2020-07-22 Thread Nyall Dawson
On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 at 02:04, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
 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


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>
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> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G for cartography production

2020-07-22 Thread Eli Adam
Hi Sergio,

Adam recommends a good method for post processing maps.  Before going
to post processing, it is worth trying to get the results you want
within QGIS.  There have been some major labeling improvements and
overhauls over the years giving QGIS some powerful labeling options.
Here are a few links with some information on that:
https://nyalldawson.net/tag/labelling/
http://planet.qgis.org/planet/tag/labels/ (which gives a cloudflare
message but this seems to work:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191202202601/http://planet.qgis.org/planet/tag/labels/
https://web.archive.org/web/20191202201049/http://planet.qgis.org/planet/tag/labeling/

The visual changelog labeling category and going through the various
versions might give some ideas too:
https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/visualchangelog314/index.html#labelling

If you're using QGIS, writing the QGIS user list is more likely to get
detailed responses (from experienced users and developers) than the
discuss list:
https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/mailinglists.html

Best regards, Eli


On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 3:03 PM Adam Steer  wrote:
>
> Hi Sergio
>
> Look at inkscape as a post-QGIS labelling and map tweaking system if you need 
> vector work and typography: https://inkscape.org/
>
> GIMP is for image processing grunt (like Adobe photoshop): 
> https://www.gimp.org
>
> Both are excellent tools for professional print production.
>
> Searching 'QGIS and inkscape' there are many tutorials :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam
>
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 at 02:04, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA 
>  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. 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?
>>
>> 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/
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G for cartography production

2020-07-22 Thread Adam Steer
Hi Sergio

Look at inkscape as a post-QGIS labelling and map tweaking system if you
need vector work and typography: https://inkscape.org/

GIMP is for image processing grunt (like Adobe photoshop):
https://www.gimp.org

Both are excellent tools for professional print production.

Searching 'QGIS and inkscape' there are many tutorials :)

Regards,

Adam

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. 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?
>
> 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/
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[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G for cartography production

2020-07-22 Thread SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
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. 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?

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/
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