[GRASSLIST:10493] Re: Hatching in ps.map

[Dylan Beaudette]

Hi Tom and Wolfgang,

Perhaps the GMT-style pattern files would do the trick...

attached is a sample.

Dylan


On Tuesday 21 February 2006 12:31 am, Wolfgang Qual wrote:
> Hello Tom,
> sorry. It seems that it was a misunderstanding from my side. However, it
> would be nice to have some examples for different EPS patterns on the GRASS
> Wiki. I will give it a try.
> Besides: do you know a way to include the pattern in the legend also? It
> did not work in my case.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang
>
> > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> > Von: Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org>
> > An: Wolfgang Qual <Wolfgang.Qual at gmx.net>
> > Kopie: grasslist at baylor.edu
> > Betreff: [GRASSLIST:10444] Re: Hatching in ps.map
> > Datum: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:47:22 -0700
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:29:59PM +0100, we recorded a bogon-computron
> >
> > collision of the <Wolfgang.Qual at gmx.net> flavor, containing:
> > > Hello Radim,
> > > I searched the archive for some information on creating hatched vector
> >
> > areas
> >
> > > in ps.map and found this post [1]. There's a link inside of this mail
> >
> > which
> >
> > > points to a png-file, but the link is broken. I would be grateful, if
> >
> > you
> >
> > > could place a png-hatch symbol on the GRASS wiki. I am just curious
> >
> > about
> >
> > > the potential of ps.map regarding layout.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/1695/match=hatch
> >
> > I'm reasonably sure that the article in question doesn't point to how
> > to do a png hatch symbol in ps.map, but rather points to a png screen
> > shot of the thing being done using an EPS pattern.   Radim's web site has
> > a bunch of PNG snapshots, and that article pointed at an old web site of
> > Radim's.
> >
> > ps.map lets you use a pattern file for fill that is very much like
> > encapsulated postiscript (but does not support all features of
> > postscript).
> > There is an example of how to do it in the ps.map documentation under
> > vareas.
> > What you want to do is make an EPS file with the hatch pattern.
> > Unfortunately
> > there's no easy way to generate these things other than in your favorite
> > text
> > editor.  Getting the hatch pattern to look good might take a lot of
> > iterating,
> > but it can be done.
> >
> > --
> > Tom Russo    KM5VY     SAR502  DM64ux         http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
> > Tijeras, NM  QRPL#1592 K2#398  SOC#236 AHTB#1
> > "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you
> > get is
> >  one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh,
> > oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit."  --- The Tick

-- 
Dylan Beaudette
Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341
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