[GRASS-user] rotating symbols in d.vect?

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 21:56 +0200, Davids Corine wrote:
> I know that it is possible to rotate symbols based on data in a column in
> the attribute table in ps.map, but is this also possible in d.vect? On the
> Wiki page for IconSymbols it implies that rotation of symbols should be
> possible in the d.vect module from v.6.3, but I cannot figure out how and
> there is nothing in the manual pages for d.vect. I am using Lorenzo's
> binaries for MacOSX, which say v.6.3.
> 
> Thanks,
> Corine Davids
> 
> (apologies if this post appears twice, I tried to post this a few days ago
> already)

Corine,

in case you are not "forced" to use grass you can try it with QGIS.
Under the Layer Properties > Symbology > Point Symbol there is a
"Rotation field" option. You will need a column with "degrees" (AFAIR)
for your points.

Kind regards, Nikos