Monsters be here

[crschmidt-cTEUcjrfgDqB+jHODAdFcQ at public.gmane.org (Christopher Schmidt)]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:51:44PM -0400, R. Luoma wrote:
> 
> Are there any map drawing applications for linux.
> 
> I am not doing too well putting down streets
> and highways with gimp and I am wondering
> if there any cartographic packages wandering in the wilds?

qgis, GeoTools, uDig, gvSIG come to mind, which all fit in the 'desktop
GIS' space. OpenStreetMap as a base map data probably makes sense, but
you'll likely need to gain some expertise in the domain in order to be
effective.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta