Thank you Michael. The PNG file which I want to display is actually a WMS getmap requests response. Now once I have this reponse from WMS, I want this image returned to be displyed as a layer in GRASS GIS Map Display.
Sudeep On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Michael Barton <[email protected]>wrote: > First, keep in mind that GRASS is a GIS, not a graphics program. So you > can't just "display" any graphics file. That is not the purpose of GRASS > software. > > You can visualize a graphics file in the GRASS GIS environment by importing > it into an XY location--i.e., where pixel coordinates are not tied to an > earth coordinate system. > > If you want to orient a map that comes in a graphic file format (e.g., a > scanned map) so that it can be used in a GIS, you will need to georeference > it so that each pixel is mapped to a corresponding earth coordinate system. > You can use the georeferencing wizard in GRASS to do this. > > If you want to display a photo of a place on top of a map, GRASS does not > do that. You can save a map to a graphics file and then create your > photo/map collage in a program like GIMP or Inkscape. > > Michael > ____________________ > C. Michael Barton > Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity > Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change > Arizona State University > > voice: 480-965-6262 (SHESC), 480-727-9746 (CSDC) > fax: 480-965-7671 (SHESC), 480-727-0709 (CSDC) > www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton, http://csdc.asu.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 12, 2011, at 9:00 AM, <[email protected]> < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:55:45 +0530 > > From: Sudeep Singh <[email protected]> > > Subject: [GRASS-dev] GRASS GIS Map Display > > To: GRASS-dev <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > <CA+an3RkNANW9ANd8BHk1= > [email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to display an image in GRASS GIS Map Display. I have a PNG file > which > > I want to display. How should I go about that , if some one has > suggestion > > for this . > > > > thanks > > sudeep > >
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