[GRASS5] Re: [GRASSLIST:8301] New GIS Manager version

[Michael Barton]

A histogram does not normally overlay other geospatial layers. Hence, it
doesn't make sense to have it as a GIS Manager layer. However, it is still
accessible from the menus, as before--just under the image menus instead of
display.

Michael
______________________________
Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ  85287-2402
USA

voice: 480-965-6262; fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton


> From: Guâno Carlos  Grohmann <carlos.grohmann at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: <carlos.grohmann at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:35:41 +0000
> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [GRASSLIST:8301] New GIS Manager version
> 
> I was just thinking now.. what about add d.histogram to d.m? maybe at
> the side of d.legend.. it is a very useful tool. it would be nice to
> have it with an easier acces..
> 
> best regards
> 
> Carlos
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/16/05, Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu> wrote:
>>  I've just committed a fairly major update to the GIS Manager to the cvs for
>> GRASS 6.1.  
>>  
>>  It is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. But it still has a number of
>> new features that I hope will continue to make the many functions of GRASS
>> more accessible. I've also posted it to my website at
>>  
>>  <http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton/files/grass_gismgr/>
>>  
>>  The file is GIS_manager050912.tgz
>>  
>>  It includes a replacement $GISBASE/etc/dm directory with all files and a
>> new script, d.out.file, for the $GISBASE/scripts directory.
>>  
>>  One of the main features of the GIS Manager update is that all major
>> display functions are now GIS Manager layers with options panels. This makes
>> them much easier to manipulate AND to save in workspaces. All options panels
>> now have integrated help buttons. I also added a print to default printer
>> via lpr in the file menu. This lets you print what you see on the screen
>> (assuming your default printer is configured correctly). New updates to
>> ps.map recently committed to the cvs provide another way to get nice printed
>> output. Note that the printer icon remains a link to print ONLY some raster,
>> vector, and label files via ps.map.
>>  
>>  The new format made the old "display" menu redundant and it has been
>> removed (although all modules and their TclTk interactive dialogs are still
>> available from the command line).  This led to a little rearrangement of the
>> menu structure. Several items have moved to file: primarily gis file
>> management functions (this was a suggestion a long time back). The GIS menu
>> (which some people didn't like) has changed to a configuration menu. Slope
>> arrows in raster cells moved to raster/terrain and histograms moved to
>> image/reports and stats. The remaining entries from the old display menu
>> that are not in other locations or GIS Manager layers are primarily for
>> programming (d.linegraph).
>>  
>>  The GIS Manager is somewhat more compact, with a new arrangement of
>> functions: monitor control down the left side, general display controls and
>> tools on the top toolbar and layers on bottom toolbar. I've also added
>> color. Grey is OK for the eyes, but grey on grey is hard to see and pretty
>> dull. Grass is green, so the GIS Manager is green.
>>  
>>  The new script (d.out.file) replaces and expands d.out.png. It makes it
>> easy to save the current display monitor to various graphic file formats
>> (along with PNG and PNM, it adds JPEG, TIF, and BMP with compression options
>> for PNG and JPEG). It uses the GRASS PNG driver and gdal because they come
>> with all GRASS installations. Other utilities (e.g., netpbm and imagemagick)
>> have more options but are not required for a GRASS installation.
>>  
>>  Let me know what works and what doesn't. Several members of the developers
>> list have helped me test it pretty thoroughly, but I probably missed
>> something somewhere.
>>  
>>  Enjoy!
>>  Michael
>>  ______________________________
>>  Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
>>  School of Human Evolution and Social Change
>>  Arizona State University
>>  Tempe, AZ  85287-2402
>>  USA
>>  
>>  voice: 480-965-6262; fax: 480-965-7671
>>  www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
>>  
> 
> 
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>               Carlos Henrique Grohmann - Guano
>   Geologist M.Sc  - Doctorate Student at IGc-USP - Brazil
> Linux User #89721  - carlos dot grohmann at gmail dot com
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