[GRASS-user] Re: Regarding 2D Simulation Animation in Native WinGRASS!

[Michael Barton]

The other approach might be to script what we do in the GUI.

Set up direct rendering to PPM files (GRASS environmental variable) so that
output goes to a file rather than to a display monitor. Then use a loop to
import a vector point from an ascii lookup table with xy values (you can use
conditional importing with a query to do this all in GRASS), displaying it
then overwriting it each time.

You could do this in a simple BASH shell script or in a more sophisticated
scripting language like TclTk, Python, Java, etc.

Michael


On 2/11/07 6:45 PM, "Hamish" <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com> wrote:

> yuri bay wrote:
> 
>> I am desparately in need of your help and advice.  Previously I have
>> started  a very good round of discussions by enquiring about the
>> Xganim function in  native binary WinGRASS.  Now I need to focus on
>> getting a simulation model  running, with some basic animation.  My
>> objective is to make a point/marker  to move from one location to
>> another on a path on a street map, i.e. vector  animation.  I have
>> tried Xganim, d.slide.show and d.mon, none can work! My  questions
>> are:
>> 
>> 1) Can this be done by updating the attribute table and refreshing
>> native  WinGRASS screen?? How??
>> 
>> 2) Is there an easy way to do 1)?
> 
> The "hardest" part is creating the individual frames. If you can do that
> manually and save each to a graphics file*, you can use any number of
> graphics encoders to make the animation. (This depends on the number of
> frames in your movie of course, for 500 frames it may take a long time
> :) You will have to search for an encoder to make the movie, I'm sure
> there are many out there for windows. MPEG/AVI movie encoders will
> probably take .ppm images, animated GIFs probably require you to convert
> individual frames into GIF first.
> 
> [*] in the "Map Display" window, click the floppy disk icon "Export
> display to a graphics file". Choose the PPM format, name your frames
> frame0001.ppm, frame0002.ppm etc.
> (there is no save as PNG format??)
> 
> 
>> 3) As a contigency plan, can I install a Cygwin winGRASS and use it
>> along the native WinGRASS that I already have?
> 
> I don't really know, but I'd think so. Try the new 6.2.1 Cygwin
> binaries.
> 
> 
> Hamish

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