I got my brother-in-law to make some vector graphic maps for me, using AutoCad which he use professionally. My own computer can't read these files, so he converted them to .pdf files for me, which I can print, and from which I can leave out layers to taste. Can anyone seeing the .pdf files, or simpl...

Thanks, Brynn and Inkspots. Because I'm actually old enough to be Gandalf's grandpa, it takes me a while to learn new tricks. Of course I'll study your input, and read the recommended Wiki article, but it's just possible that I'll be back with further wittering in a week or two. I don't think the ed...

I'm preparing a paper for a professional journal amd the editor wants my sketchmaps to be provided as SVG files at 1200 dpi. When I STFW I find that (a) I need to increase the resolution of my .bmp file before importing it to Inkscape (b) The maximum resution of Microsoft Paint, where the files were...