[GRASS-dev] discussion: replacing ps.map

[Hamish]

> roger:
> > What capability are you looking for that ps.map can't provide?  I've
> > been able to produce some fairly sophisticated maps with ps.map, and
> > the more recent revisions increase its capability quite a bit.

Jachym:
> just few examples:  better label placement,

We could write an interactive GUI tool to create a file in v.label's
simple ascii format.  see gis.m's labels.tcl and maplabels.tcl
Add it to mapcanvas.tcl ("Map Display 1" toolbar)

> easy icons creation,

see the wiki page; write a script to convert from (...) format?
 http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/GRASS_Programming_Howto#Display_Symbols
 http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/IconSymbols

fwiw, I've done mine by hand, with just a little help from a calculator.
it's not too hard, the ARC start/stop are a bit weird to learn.

> better support for legends,

I agree in general, but for example? (we improve 1 feature at a time)

> simple style definition

We could put templates on the wiki site.



Hamish