[GRASS5] GRASS5.1: proportionate circles

[Moritz Lennert]

Moritz Lennert said:
> Hi,
>
> I have a vector map with attributes in a dbf file. There are 1165 entities
> in the map and in the dbf file. I created a column COMET directly in the
> dbf file and populated with values (actually 60 entities have an integer
> value different from 0).
>
> I would like to display a map with circles proportionate to the COMET
> value. I tried to use d.vect.chart as follows:
>
> d.vect.chart map=cp_clean columns=COMET sizecol=COMET
>
> This begins to draw the circles but then uses up almost all of my 512MB of
> RAM, giving me an 'OUT OF MEMORY!' error message after some time.
>
> What could be the problem ? Is d.vect.chart the right tool for what I wish
> to do ?
>

Replying to myself for a follow-up: since GRASS5.1 does not have site data
anymore, I cannot use the 'size_att #' option in ps.map, and I cannot see
any alternative in the vpoints section. So d.vect.chart is really the only
current option in 5.1 ?

Moritz