[GRASSLIST:4817] layout tool?

[Jeff D. Hamann]

I've got to mass produce hard copies of some maps (data over time, lots of
variables, etc). I've added a simple ps.map script input generation in a
script:


echo "verbose 2"  >> paint.map.test
echo "header" >> paint.map.test
echo " font Courier" >> paint.map.test
echo " fontsize 12" >> paint.map.test
echo " end" >> paint.map.test
echo "scale 8 inches" >> paint.map.test
echo "rast $1.$2.$3.$5.$6" >> paint.map.test
echo "colortable y" >> paint.map.test
echo " cols 3" >> paint.map.test
echo " font Courier" >> paint.map.test
echo " fontsize 12" >> paint.map.test
echo " nodata n" >> paint.map.test
echo " end" >> paint.map.test
echo "vect testshed" >> paint.map.test
echo "  width 1" >> paint.map.test
echo "  end" >> paint.map.test
echo "vlegend" >> paint.map.test
echo " where 4.5 0" >> paint.map.test
echo " font Courier" >> paint.map.test
echo " fontsize 12" >> paint.map.test
echo " end" >> paint.map.test
echo "mapinfo" >> paint.map.test
echo " font Courier" >> paint.map.test
echo " fontsize 12" >> paint.map.test
echo " color black" >> paint.map.test
echo " end" >> paint.map.test
echo "end" >> paint.map.test

ps.select -q us-letter
ps.map input=paint.map.test output=$1.$2.$3.$5.$6.ps
ps2pdf $1.$2.$3.$5.$6.ps


and would like to know if there is some kind of simple layout tool for
generating the locations of objects on a page so I don't have to play
trial-and-error when I want to produce maps of different sizes.

Thanks,
Jeff.


Jeff D. Hamann
Hamann, Donald & Associates, Inc.
PO Box 1421
Corvallis, Oregon USA 97339-1421
Bus. 541-753-7333
Cell. 541-740-5988
jeff_hamann at hamanndonald.com
www.hamanndonald.com