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On 3/24/25 12:45 PM, Farley Flud wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:17:11 -0400, TJ wrote:
> 
>>
>> I'm a farmer, and I've been mistakenly using GIMP for years to prepare
>> planning maps that show what I want to plant where on my diversified
>> farm. They use a satellite photo as a base, with color-coded fields
>> drawn on it as overlaying layers, labeled with the size in acres.
>>
> 
> You would probably be better served with GIS (Geographic Information System)
> software such as GRASS GIS for Linux:
> 
> https://grass.osgeo.org/download/linux/


   Generally agree ... GIMP is good for what it's good for
   but the poster seems to need a GIS of some kind. GRASS
   or QGIS are probably his best, and cheapest, move.


> GIMP is for basic image manipulation on plain old raster image formats.
> Attempting to shoehorn such a program into GIS analysis is just asking
> for problems.
> 
>