[Xastir] Creating own vector maps?

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Check out Qgis.  I don't think actually editing shapefiles is working 
yet, but it's coming.

Digitizing your own maps turns out to be a lot mroe work than one would 
think, and registration and rectification of the raster is needed before 
you can digitize points or lines/polylines.

If you can swing it, you can do all of this and end up with a shapefile 
using MapInfo.  A full-up version of ArcView would also work.  Neither 
is cheap, and both require Windoze at this point.

I think Qgis is showing a lot of promise.

Others from the Open Source world include GRASS, as probably the most 
well-rounded contender.

For a view of what the Open Source folks are talking about, look here: 
http://www.omsug.ca/osgis2004/proceedings.html

this occurred this summer (I was on vacation and domestically 
constrained from attending) and all reports were favorable!

Tapio Sokura wrote:
> If I were to create my own APRS (vector) maps for Xastir, which map 
> format should I use to get the most out of it? Primarily I would like 
> the maps to be directly usable with other common APRS programs as well.
> 
> Does this spell out to WinAPRS format? Or should I use the ESRI 
> shapefile format, whatever that is? Are there any useful tools for 
> creating vector maps from my own data, possibly by using raster maps as 
> an overlay when creating the vector maps?
> 
>   Tapio
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