[GRASSLIST:3713] Re: Newbie question from a mac user.

[William K]

Don't forget, in Mac OS X you must start X11 before d.mon and other 
display and digitizing commands will work.

On Jun 17, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Martin Wegmann wrote:

> Hello Tor,
>
> On Thursday 17 June 2004 23:52, Tor A Strand wrote:
>> 2nd day on Grass 5,3/5.7 for mac
>>
>> I do not understand how to digitize maps and encounter the following
>> problems
>>
>> 1. I am able to add an image to my directory of rasters (r.in.gdal) 
>> but
>> unable to display the image.
>
> the output name you specified in r.in.gdal is the name of your raster 
> in GRASS
>
> do
> d.mon x0
> to open a monitor
> and then
> d.rast name_of_your_raster
>
> if you do d.rast in 5.3.0 you will be prompted to add a name if you 
> type
> "list" you get a list of all your raster files
> in 5.7.0 a window will pop up where you can select your file with the 
> cursor.
>
>> 2. Then, how do I digitize the image.
>
> you can either use v.digit or r.digit, depends on what you want.
> the 5.7.0 functionality is under development hence if you want to 
> close a
> polygon in v.digit you have to set a centroid and then close the 
> polygon with
> the border function again.
>
>> 3. How do I link a dbf or excel file to the database.
>> 4. Where is the best place to obtain maps for Nepal
>
> have a look at http://glcfapp.umiacs.umd.edu
>
> regards, Martin
>
>
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