Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Christian Ferreira
Hello Maning, Yes... I would like to receive your contributions (ps.map files). On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM, maning sambale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 on the ps.map cookbook > > I can provide my ps.map files. Some ideas: > 1. Techniques in making atlas, like a script that can use a sin

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Glynn Clements
Moritz Lennert wrote: > > I see the New York Times often has nice bubble plots for their maps. > > They make the fill color semi-transparent, then stacked bubbles are > > darker where they overlap. PostScript won't "do" transparency, so > > perhaps something to look for in the grass7 display driv

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Hamish
Moritz > Doesn't postscript 3 include transparency ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_(graphic)#Transparency_in_PDF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_(graphic)#Transparency_in_PostScript Hamish ___ grass-user mailing list gra

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Moritz Lennert
On 03/07/08 16:47, Hamish wrote: Hamish: how to set up an accurate bubble plot legend? Moritz Lennert wrote: I create a new vector point map (belscale in the psmap files) with the points placed at the spot where I would like the legend. Then it suffices to update the values in the attribute t

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Hamish
Hamish: > > how to set up an accurate bubble plot legend? Moritz Lennert wrote: > I create a new vector point map (belscale in the psmap > files) with the points placed at the spot where I would > like the legend. > Then it suffices to update the values in the attribute table to > relevant values

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Moritz Lennert
On 03/07/08 15:56, Hamish wrote: FYI, I've added some more hints & tricks to the wiki page: http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Ps.map_scripts Moritz Lennert wrote: See http://geog-pc40.ulb.ac.be/grass/psmap/ for two ps.map files and the resulting map, showing thematic mapping, proportionate circl

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Hamish
maning sambale: > I can provide my ps.map files. thanks - http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Ps.map_scripts > Some ideas: > 1. Techniques in making atlas, like a script that can use > a single ps.map config to a number of regions to create a map > atlas expanding the ps.atlas script. see http://gra

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Hamish
FYI, I've added some more hints & tricks to the wiki page: http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Ps.map_scripts Moritz Lennert wrote: > See http://geog-pc40.ulb.ac.be/grass/psmap/ > > for two ps.map files and the resulting map, showing thematic mapping, > proportionate circles and patterns. Unfortunate

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Moritz Lennert
On 03/07/08 09:16, Christian Ferreira wrote: Hi, While the core developers decide about the future for ps.map... I will keep my idea for a cookbook going, since the "GRASS version upgrade rate" for users can take months to years. And considering that GRASS 6.4 is not out, seems that GRASS 7 fin

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread maning sambale
+1 on the ps.map cookbook I can provide my ps.map files. Some ideas: 1. Techniques in making atlas, like a script that can use a single ps.map config to a number of regions to create a map atlas expanding the ps.atlas script. 2. More http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/AreaFillPatterns for landuse/cove

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Markus Neteler
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Christian Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > While the core developers decide about the future for ps.map... I will > keep my idea for a cookbook going, Please consider to use the GRASS Wiki for that. This is the best place to develop community document

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-03 Thread Christian Ferreira
Hi, While the core developers decide about the future for ps.map... I will keep my idea for a cookbook going, since the "GRASS version upgrade rate" for users can take months to years. And considering that GRASS 6.4 is not out, seems that GRASS 7 final will be out in 2009/2010. Then... for some

Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Hamish ha scritto: > enjoys choices and working on clunky old sports cars, talking about choices and duplication, please note that work is also well underway for a new printing mechanism for qgis https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/browser/branches/advanced_printing_branch due probably in a month or two,

Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Hamish
Glynn: > > > FWIW, I'm planning to remove ps.map from 7.x. > > > > > > Equivalent functionality will be available through d.* > > > commands. Hamish: > > any reason other than redunancy? Glynn: > Partly redundancy, mainly to ensure that people complain > about any deficiencies with the alternative.

Re: [GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Glynn Clements
Hamish wrote: > > FWIW, I'm planning to remove ps.map from 7.x. > > > > Equivalent functionality will be available through d.* > > commands. > > any reason other than redunancy? Partly redundancy, mainly to ensure that people complain about any deficiencies with the alternative. > It is highly

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Hamish
[moving this to the grass-dev list..] Glynn: > FWIW, I'm planning to remove ps.map from 7.x. > > Equivalent functionality will be available through d.* > commands. any reason other than redunancy? It is highly useful to some and currently outpaces d.* for quality. Duplicate functionality is onl

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2008/7/2 Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Martin Landa wrote: > >> >> Why ps.map lacks so much user support? >> > >> > Good question. >> >> I am planning to design the GUI for ps.map as a part of wxGUI [1], >> should be done in the next few mouths. > > FWIW, I'm planning to remove ps.ma

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Glynn Clements
Martin Landa wrote: > >> Why ps.map lacks so much user support? > > > > Good question. > > I am planning to design the GUI for ps.map as a part of wxGUI [1], > should be done in the next few mouths. FWIW, I'm planning to remove ps.map from 7.x. Equivalent functionality will be available throug

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2008/7/2 Dylan Beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Why ps.map lacks so much user support? > > Good question. I am planning to design the GUI for ps.map as a part of wxGUI [1], should be done in the next few mouths. Martin [1] http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxPython-based_GUI_for_GRASS#GUI_for_ps

Re: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Dylan Beaudette
On Wednesday 02 July 2008, Christian Ferreira wrote: > Hi all, > > > I come here with a question/dilemma... > > Why ps.map lacks so much user support? Good question. > A lot of people know about GRASS all over the world, but nearly nobody > use it, since nearly any software in the world is less d

RE: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Pablo Carreira
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > grass-user@lists.osgeo.org> Subject: [GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma> > Hi all,> > > > I come here with a question/dilemma...> > Why ps.map lacks so much user > support?> > A lot of people know about GRASS all over the world, but nearly &g

[GRASS-user] ps.map dilemma

2008-07-02 Thread Christian Ferreira
Hi all, I come here with a question/dilemma... Why ps.map lacks so much user support? A lot of people know about GRASS all over the world, but nearly nobody use it, since nearly any software in the world is less difficult to produce maps. GRASS is a wonderful tool for analysis, but it fails to