[GRASSLIST:3842] Re: v.to.rast

[Hamish]

> > hello, i need a picture of my digital elevation
> > model with a few 
> > meteorological stations for a power point
> > presentation.

For a DEM, be sure to try NVIZ.


> > i thought i convert my 
> > vector data to raster and merge the two rasters
> > together. 

I don't think that's needed.

> > but when i use v.to.rast i get only one station out
> > of 30!? 

v.to.rast only works on features with cats/attributes.
Perhaps the labeling isn't right. Maybe 'v.category option=add'?
See the "notes" section of the help page:

http://grass.ibiblio.org/grass57/manuals/html57_user/v.to.rast.html



> > by the way, my point is very small, is there a
> > possibility to make it larger? 

why not just to d.vect. The version in 5.7 lets you set icon= type,
size/color, and border color and is very nice.

> > does anyone have an idea how to get my items to the
> > power point presentation? 
>
> Why don't you try to print all with the PNG driver (if
> you would like a raster)

Try d.out.png.


> or even better with ps.map?
> In ps.map you have several options for controling the
> graphical attributes of your points.

ps.map makes excellent output for a printed hardcopy, but for a
presentation I think using a sscreenshot of a display monitor works best
(or PNG driver). Try to get the monitor the size of the final image so
it doesn't get streched & uglified.

If you must use a PostScript plot in a presentation, the best conversion
I've found is to load it in the GIMP at ~ 144 dpi with strong anti-
aliasing on both the graphics and the text. Otherwise it comes out
grainy.



Hamish