[GRASSLIST:10512] Re: Hatching in ps.map

[wqual]

Hi Dylan,
unfortunately, it did not work. When I run ps.map, I get the following error 
message:

ps.map -r input=/home/wqual/spear.soils output=soilse.ps
PS-PAINT: scale set to 1 : 9667.
PS-PAINT: reading point/line file ...
PS-PAINT: reading vector file <soils at PERMANENT in PERMANENT> ...
PS-PAINT: reading vector file <soils at PERMANENT in PERMANENT> ...file 
</home/wqual/ps_pattern_59.ras> is not in EPS format
file </home/wqual/ps_pattern_59.ras> is not in EPS format
file </home/wqual/ps_pattern_59.ras> is not in EPS format


Wolfgang
Am Dienstag 21 Februar 2006 pH:35:19 nachmittags/abends schrieb Dylan 
Beaudette:
> Hi Tom and Wolfgang,
>
> Perhaps the GMT-style pattern files would do the trick...
>
> attached is a sample.
>
> Dylan
>
> On Tuesday 21 February 2006 12:31 am, Wolfgang Qual wrote:
> > Hello Tom,
> > sorry. It seems that it was a misunderstanding from my side. However, it
> > would be nice to have some examples for different EPS patterns on the
> > GRASS Wiki. I will give it a try.
> > Besides: do you know a way to include the pattern in the legend also? It
> > did not work in my case.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Wolfgang
> >
> > > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> > > Von: Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org>
> > > An: Wolfgang Qual <Wolfgang.Qual at gmx.net>
> > > Kopie: grasslist at baylor.edu
> > > Betreff: [GRASSLIST:10444] Re: Hatching in ps.map
> > > Datum: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:47:22 -0700
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:29:59PM +0100, we recorded a bogon-computron
> > >
> > > collision of the <Wolfgang.Qual at gmx.net> flavor, containing:
> > > > Hello Radim,
> > > > I searched the archive for some information on creating hatched
> > > > vector
> > >
> > > areas
> > >
> > > > in ps.map and found this post [1]. There's a link inside of this mail
> > >
> > > which
> > >
> > > > points to a png-file, but the link is broken. I would be grateful, if
> > >
> > > you
> > >
> > > > could place a png-hatch symbol on the GRASS wiki. I am just curious
> > >
> > > about
> > >
> > > > the potential of ps.map regarding layout.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > [1]
> > > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/1695/match=hatch
> > >
> > > I'm reasonably sure that the article in question doesn't point to how
> > > to do a png hatch symbol in ps.map, but rather points to a png screen
> > > shot of the thing being done using an EPS pattern.   Radim's web site
> > > has a bunch of PNG snapshots, and that article pointed at an old web
> > > site of Radim's.
> > >
> > > ps.map lets you use a pattern file for fill that is very much like
> > > encapsulated postiscript (but does not support all features of
> > > postscript).
> > > There is an example of how to do it in the ps.map documentation under
> > > vareas.
> > > What you want to do is make an EPS file with the hatch pattern.
> > > Unfortunately
> > > there's no easy way to generate these things other than in your
> > > favorite text
> > > editor.  Getting the hatch pattern to look good might take a lot of
> > > iterating,
> > > but it can be done.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tom Russo    KM5VY     SAR502  DM64ux        
> > > http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM  QRPL#1592 K2#398  SOC#236
> > > AHTB#1
> > > "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you
> > > get is
> > >  one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh,
> > > oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit."  --- The Tick