How to make SVG country maps
- Get map images for references. The more images the better(er). My main references are:
- The images are brought into Inkscape, and that's where the fun starts. Images from World Wind have to be arranged accordingly on top of equirectangular maps.
- World Wind images are then converted into vector with the Trace Bitmap function using procedures shown here.
- Herein starts the painstaking work of combining the Bézier lines to shape your map.
- Colour the map using colours suggested by Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps
Topo maps tutorials
Please cite GRASS when using the software in your work. Here are some choices depending on the version used:
- GRASS Development Team, 2009. Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) Software, Version 6.4.0. http://grass.osgeo.org