On Nov 27, 2007 8:24 PM, Bruce Mutton <bruce.mutton at paradise.net.nz> wrote: > >There are two grids on the map: > >1. coordinate grid - displayed via "grid top|bottom", size specified via > >grid-size > >2. map atlas pages grid - displayed via "page-grid on|off", size specified > >using page-setup > >Which one do you mean? > > Ah, Stacho. Two types of grids! > That explains part of my conundrum. Now that I know it exists I'm not sure > what the map atlas grid might be for?
It shows how the whole plan would be divided into pages in the atlas export. > The other relates to the co-ordinate grid; illustrated by the attached pdfs, > scaled at 1:1000. > When specified as 10 10 10 I get nice continuous grids, but when specified > as 50 50 50 or 100 100 100 (and no other changes) I get cross hairs, which > are not too my liking. > > These two types of coordinate grids, continuous and cross hairs, are nice > options, but how do I control which type I get? Actually there is just cross-hairs type defined in metapost. When you use 10 10 10 spacing, they overlap the neighbouring crosses and create an illusion of continuous lines. However, this behaviour is not hard-coded and can be redefined in metapost. Martin
