> 
> The reason for that is very simple. D_cell ist just an image of whatever you
> displayed on the monitor. This could be a raster or vector file but also
> justtext, a 3d view or icons. Thus, it's not georeferenced and it's region
> is defined by the number of rows and columns only, like a raw image. Hope
> this helps.
> 
> 
> Stefan Jaeger				currently at
> Dept. of Geography			USGS	
> University of Heidelberg		National Center
> INF 348					Reston, VA 22092
> 69120 Heidelberg			USA
> Germany
> stefan@geo0.geog.uni-heidelberg.de	sjaeger@resdgs2.er.usgs.gov
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Thanks again to those who answered off-list:  for reasons  I don't even
> > want to inquire into, g.region rast=D_cell will straighten out
> > any unusual ideas about the region setting resulting from running
> > graphics to a CELL monitor.
> > 
> > Neel Smith
> > nsmith@abacus.bates.edu
> > 
> 
> 

That makes sense to me -- what I don't see is why g.region rast=D_cell
should work!

Neel Smith
nsmith@abacus.bates.edu

