Re: [GRASS-user] Vector drawings in PDF - converting them

2008-01-19 Thread John C . Tull
I found this with a search of freshmeat.net. Perhaps it will work, and free. Let us know. http://www.pstoedit.net/ Cheers, John On Jan 19, 2008, at 6:43 PM, Kurt Heston wrote: Paul, That tool works GREAT! I tried it, half expecting it to simply discard what it couldn't convert like all

Re: [GRASS-user] center line with v.generalize ?

2008-01-24 Thread John C. Tull
Another possibility, perhaps, would be to export the raster result of v.to.rast and do some editing in an image application, like the Gimp. You can try to isolate the river from the other raster information and save that, then re-import to grass, r.to.vect, etc. There may be a way to work

Re: [GRASS-user] Vector drawings in PDF - converting them

2008-02-18 Thread John C. Tull
:-splineaspolyline roads.pdf roads.dxf Without the -splineaspolyline argument the DXF looks just like the other conversions that didn't work. I now have a solution with the right licensing model. Thanks for the suggestion! --Kurt John C. Tull wrote: I found this with a search

Re: [GRASS-user] Checking if a point (X, Y) is inside the polygons of a shape file using command line

2008-03-03 Thread John C. Tull
Corrado, You can do this with v.select: v.select ainput=input_points binput=input_polygon out=output_points Cheers, John On Mar 3, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Corrado wrote: Dear friends, I have a shape file, with some polygons. (I have imported it as vector layer.) I have a point, expressed as

[GRASS-user] Re: Update - Check points in polygons

2008-03-06 Thread John C. Tull
That's great to hear. If there is to be a complaint about open source, it would be that there are many great ways to achieve the same result. Of course, this is actually a compliment. You will find the environment that you are most comfortable working in and develop your own solutions. If

[GRASS-user] Re: Update - Check points in polygons

2008-03-06 Thread John C. Tull
I have not found a way to work directly with postgis tables. You can use v.in.ogr like this: v.in.ogr dsn=PG:dbname=your_postgis_db host=yourhost layer=table_from_postgis out=new_layer You then have the postgis table available as a layer in grass, but you will not be able to edit it

[GRASS-user] v.centroids question

2008-03-19 Thread John C. Tull
I have a road network where I want to convert the road lines into boundaries, then turn the resulting spaces inside of roads into areas. Converting the roads to boundaries was no problem using v.type and v.clean tool=snap, but getting centroids into the polygons is trickier. Apparently,

Re: [GRASS-user] v.centroids question

2008-03-19 Thread John C. Tull
On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:53 PM, Nikos Alexandris wrote: On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 12:12 -0700, John C. Tull wrote: On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Nikos Alexandris wrote: John, maybe you could try v.clean with type=line,boundary,centroid,area tool=snap,break,rmdupl thresh=.01 Not sure but I

Re: [GRASS-user] [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?]

2008-04-24 Thread John C. Tull
Where GRASS fails relative to ESRI products is in cartographic map output. Others may differ with my view, but creating high-quality map outputs in GRASS is non-trivial. I have started using Mapserver to create my cartographic maps. Generic Mapping Tools is another option, but one that I

Re: [GRASS-user] [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as with ESRI)?]

2008-04-25 Thread John C. Tull
On Apr 25, 2008, at 1:17 AM, Hamish wrote: Wolf: Arc is perhaps a bit stronger on the cartography side of things, but with a bit of patience you can produce nice maps with GRASS. John wrote: Where GRASS fails relative to ESRI products is in cartographic map output. Others may differ with my

Re: [GRASS-user] Making and Uploading Maps for Garmin Etrex Legend GPS

2008-08-07 Thread John C. Tull
I've used gpsbabel for moving points, tracks, and routes to/from a Garmin GPSV. http://www.gpsbabel.org John On Aug 7, 2008, at 5:17 AM, John Stevenson wrote: I have digitised some points, roads and a lake in GRASS and would like to be able to upload them onto my Garmin Etrex Legend. I

Re: [GRASS-user] Making and Uploading Maps for Garmin Etrex Legend GPS - v.net.salesman

2008-08-13 Thread John C. Tull
You need to do it as a route, not a track, to avoid the ends connecting. I did this last year, and I think it worked as one would hope. Here was my process: 1) Generate the vector line. 2) Reduce the number of nodes if your GPS is limited in available storage with v.generalize (this can

[GRASS-user] v.to.rast shell script

2008-09-19 Thread John C. Tull
I was wondering if anyone could suggest a simple shell script to automate the process of running v.to.rast on all layers in a single vector in GRASS? Thank you, John ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org

Re: [GRASS-user] v.to.rast shell script

2008-09-19 Thread John C. Tull
Hamish: On Sep 19, 2008, at 6:45 PM, Hamish wrote: John Tull wrote: I was wondering if anyone could suggest a simple shell script to automate the process of running v.to.rast on all layers in a single vector in GRASS? sure, just a bash for loop + g.mlist will do it: for MAP in `g.mlist

Re: [GRASS-user] v.to.rast shell script

2008-09-19 Thread John C. Tull
On Sep 19, 2008, at 7:07 PM, John C. Tull wrote: Hamish: On Sep 19, 2008, at 6:45 PM, Hamish wrote: John Tull wrote: I was wondering if anyone could suggest a simple shell script to automate the process of running v.to.rast on all layers in a single vector in GRASS? sure, just a bash

Re: [GRASS-user] Running batch files

2008-09-21 Thread John C. Tull
On Sep 20, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Kris Nackaerts wrote: Dear all, I'm new to GRASS and am interested in running analysis from the command line. My idea is to make a batch script that creates for example png files. I did search for documentation, but could not find the right information to

Re: [GRASS-user] Problems with OpenGL when compiling grass-6.4.0 on Mac OS X 10.5.4

2008-09-21 Thread John C. Tull
On Sep 20, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Michael Barton wrote: Elvis, You can compile GRASS 6.4 with TclTk for X11 for Mac with a bit of tweaking, but I now recommend that you compile it for TclTk 8.5 aqua. You can still have X11 if you need it (e.g., for old GRASS display commands). TclTk 8.5 has

[GRASS-user] Re: v.append link dead

2008-09-29 Thread John C. Tull
Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution Social Change Center for Social Dynamics Complexity Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 USA voice: 480-965-6262; fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:41 PM, John C. Tull wrote: Michael, I

Re: [GRASS-user] Lorenzo Moretti's binaries unavailable?

2008-11-03 Thread John C. Tull
On Nov 3, 2008, at 6:42 AM, Corine Davids wrote: Hi list, I got a new Mac and would like to install GRASS 6.3. I have always used Lorenzo Moretti's binaries, but I haven't been able to get to the download website, http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/ as provided on the GRASS website,

Re: [GRASS-user] Multiple labels and r.series

2008-11-11 Thread John C. Tull
On Nov 11, 2008, at 6:45 PM, Hamish wrote: John wrote: I am creating a raster map that essentially summarizes the intersection of a series of labeled rasters that each have values of either 1 or null (presence/absence data). I am using r.series like this to perform the summation across the

Re: [GRASS-user] Multiple labels and r.series

2008-11-11 Thread John C . Tull
On Nov 11, 2008, at 6:45 PM, Hamish wrote: John wrote: I am creating a raster map that essentially summarizes the intersection of a series of labeled rasters that each have values of either 1 or null (presence/absence data). I am using r.series like this to perform the summation across the

Re: [GRASS-user] Re: Calculating standard error of many maps?

2009-02-09 Thread John C. Tull
On Feb 9, 2009, at 8:15 AM, Moritz Lennert wrote: On 09/02/09 16:59, Rainer M Krug wrote: Just one clarification: I would like to calculate these descriptive stats for each cell, to obtain variability maps. Rainer On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Rainer M Krug r.m.k...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I

Re: [GRASS-user] Grass module to use to create a bounding box

2009-02-23 Thread John C. Tull
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Re: [GRASS-user] v.digit mouse click emulation on macbook

2009-04-17 Thread John C. Tull
I believe that control-click and option-click emulate the other buttons in X11, but you will need to experiment. Did you try any modifier keys? John On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:38 AM, gsi wrote: I can run v.digit (grass64) on my macbook but I cannot use it because I cannot find how to

[GRASS-user] Re: [Qgis-user] augmenting donations

2009-07-03 Thread John C. Tull
That is very generous of GFOSS.it, and it will make a big difference for both of these projects. Thanks, John On Jul 3, 2009, at 2:59 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Hi all. At GFOSS.it, we just decided to increase the donations we receive on behalf of projects that adhered to the microdonation

Re: [GRASS-user] What Happened?

2009-09-03 Thread John C. Tull
On Sep 3, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Bob Byer wrote: All, A few days ago, I was able to double click on the GRASS icon and have the GUI appear. Today, I logged on and when I double click on the icon, just a terminal shell comes up. I have to type in a script to get the GUI to appear. Can

Re: [GRASS-user] grass70 and display monitor

2009-12-02 Thread John C. Tull
And for easy reference, here is the thread: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/2009-November/047135.html Cheers, John On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Vincent Bain wrote: Thank you Michael, I found the thread... Yours, Vincent Le mercredi 02 décembre 2009 à 10:37 -0700, Michael

Re: [GRASS-user] new wxGUI

2010-01-22 Thread John C. Tull
Hi Mohammed, This looks like a very useful tool. Perhaps a method to view and edit metadata would be worth adding to the todo list? Regards, John On Jan 22, 2010, at 7:13 AM, Mohammed Rashad wrote: Hi, I am planning to develop a DataCatalog or GRASS GIS Manager. Design of the gui

Re: [GRASS-user] Global Multi Resolution Topography dataset

2010-03-03 Thread John C. Tull
Hi John, This is good to know about. Thanks for sharing. My understanding of 1 arc-second resolution is that it is approximately 30m, not 90m. Regards, John On Mar 3, 2010, at 7:16 AM, John A Stevenson wrote: I've just come across the Global Multi Resolution Topography dataset. It

Re: [GRASS-user] National Elevation Data

2010-04-03 Thread John C. Tull
Hi Kurt, I concur with William. Part of my workflow on the seamless server is to always go into the options and make any downloads tgz's. Otherwise, you get a mess that is a challenge to untangle. This requires a few extra mouse clicks, but it makes a big difference in the end. Good luck,

Re: [GRASS-user] elevation profile

2010-07-15 Thread John C. Tull
Hi John, You will likely get a more complete answer from others, but you seem to be on the right track with v.drape. From there, you can add a column for cumulative length with v.db.addcol, then run v.to.db with option=length to add a length column to your 3d vector. You might be able to

Re: [GRASS-user] Clip/Extract Rasters using a vector

2010-09-16 Thread John C. Tull
Correct me if I am wrong, but for step 3, you can simply use an equality statement, i.e., echo clippedRaster=NA_temperature | r.mapcalc'. This shortens things a little further. Regards, John On Sep 16, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Mark Seibel wrote: Surely there is a more elegant way... 1) Convert

Re: [GRASS-user] Using Access .mdb Files

2011-01-11 Thread John C. Tull
On Jan 11, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 11 Jan 2011, Adam Dershowitz, Ph.D., P.E. wrote: One option, mentioned there, is to convert it to sqlite then import. http://code.google.com/p/mdb-sqlite/ Adam, Kewel! Works like a charm. Thanks, Rich Hi Rich, Did it

Re: [GRASS-user] Using Access .mdb Files

2011-01-11 Thread John C. Tull
On Jan 11, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 11 Jan 2011, John C. Tull wrote: Did it preserve spatial topology for you? I was able to successfully convert an mdb to sqlite, but it does not have any geographic reference. This is fine for extracting data tables, but seems

Re: [GRASS-user] OCR

2011-05-08 Thread John C. Tull
You can also try to select by color in Gimp. I've done this in the past with varying degrees of success. Gimp allows you to adjust the threshold on those types of selects. GRASS's r.thin and r.to.vect might come in handy if you get any useful information from this technique. Obviously, it is