Cartography

[Brylie Oxley]

On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:47:41 AM Inge Wallin wrote:
> I am not 100% sure what you mean when you say "perform advance cartographic
> functions" or "merge data" from QGIS and vector illustrations.  Could you
> provide an example?
Basically, the user would query geo data in raster or vector form and display 
it as layers in a Calligra document. From there, the user could use Calligra's 
functionality to manipulate the cartographic objects and overlay additional 
information in the form of charts, text, graphics, etc.

Eg.. Sam has a set of data about local hiking trails and wants to produce a 
map. The data is stored in a PostGIS database. Sam currently uses Quantum 
GIS/GRASS to access and manipulate the PostGIS data. Sam performs analysis and 
then uses Calligra to import and enhance the thematic layers.
> 
> Something that you could find useful is the KML support in Marble. In the
> off chance that you don't what Marble is, here follows a quick explanation.
> Marble is the KDE virtual globe, a bit like Google earth. You can read more
> about it at http://marble.kde.org/.

OK, thanks. KML is definately a good place to start. 
> 
> Marble is actually both an application and a library and there was some
> integration done between the Marble library and Calligra that allowed the
> Calligra users add map contents to their documents. I'm not sure which state
> this plugin is in or which capabilities it has though. If you are looking
> for something to use out of the box, then I'm afraid that's not going to
> help you. But if you are looking at a starting point for development then
> it should be a good fit for you.
I want to see what libraries and options are currently available.


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