[GRASS-dev] d.out.file: world (wld) file support issue

[Markus Neteler]

On Jan 26, 2008 1:02 AM, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Markus Neteler wrote:
> > > I wanted to add world file support to d.out.file but it seems that
> > > d.info -g doesn't work correctly (-g just added in SVN)
>
> Hamish wrote:
> > first of all why not just use g.region for this? when are display
> > NSEW and g.region NSEW different? I don't understand the point.
>
>
> oh, NSEW bounds *including* the white out-of-region bands on the side
> of the display if the aspect ratios don't match.

Exactly. That's why I wanted to get the coordinates from the monitor
itself.

> anyway, the problem already solved (??) in d.out.gpsdrive in what I
> think is a cleaner way. ('d.info -b' + g.region -g,-e)

Thanks, I wasn't aware of d.out.gpsdrive...

> Looking at it I now remember d.out.gpsdrive tiles are of a fixed size,
> I was doubling/quadrupling the display window size & cubic rescaling
> with GIMP in a local modification version.

mhh mhh mhh, mumble. I'll think about it.

Markus