[Xastir] Creating own vector maps?

[William McKeehan]

I use GPS Utility - it has the ability to generate Shapefiles (which I have
done from a GPS track).

I love the program for management of GPS data - worth checking into.

> 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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