[GRASS-user] GIS Manager, d.vect, and missing labels

[Moritz Lennert]

On 14/01/09 02:51, Matt wrote:
> I've installed the MS-Windows version 6.3.0 on a Vista machine along
> with the NC datafiles.  Page 170 of Neteler and Mitasova gives the
> example
> d.vect -c census_wake2000 disp=shape,attr attrcol=FIPSSTCO siz=5 lcol=black.
> 
> It seems to me there are at least 3 ways to do this, and I can only
> get one of them to work.  Any suggestions on why approaches 2 and 3
> below don't work (at least for me)?
> 
> 1) If I click the "Add command layer" icon of GIS Manager and type the
> example, it seems to execute properly.
> 2) If instead I click the "Add vector layer" icon of GIS Manager and
> try to fill in/select the proper commands, I can't get the labels to
> appear.  Major settings are:
>    Vector map: census_wake2000 at PERMANENT
>    Display: Shapes  Points  Lines  Boundaries  Areas

[...]

> Why do the labels not appear on the map?

You also have to display centroids as attributes (and thus labels) are 
linked to centroids.


> Lastly
> 3) Typing the example into the bottom window of GIS.m and press ing
> the run button, the color map appears in the Map Display 1 window, but
> there are no labels,

I find it surprising that you can actually display the map that way. I 
don't think that should be possible.

Moritz