Re: Mapping applicaton?

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Author: Ted Gould
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Mapping applicaton?
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 21:12 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
> On Saturday 12 March 2005 09:10 pm, Trent Shipley wrote:
> > GRASS
> > http://grass.itc.it/
>
> I found QGIS that integrates GRASS.
>
> http://qgis.sf.net
>
> Looks like more than I want to do right now. I think I'll just snag a map
> from somewhere and add my own graphics to it. I'll use OOo Draw, layers
> and all that.


*cough* Inkscape *cough* http://www.inkscape.org :)

You might be able to take a screenshot of Google maps, and then use the
trace feature in Inkscape to get a vectored image. Then you could
delete roads as you deem necessary. If you did it, and wrote it up, I'm
sure the Inkscape folks would link to it :)

        --Ted