[GRASS-user] new to GRASS

[Otto Dassau]

Hi,

On 22 Jan 2007 07:18:00 -0000
"savitri  negi" <savitrinegi1 at rediffmail.com> wrote:  
> hello all
> iam quite new to GRASS infact i started it jst a few days back
> 
> i downloaded  the source GRASS 6.2.1 source code n compiled it on my redhat
enterprise linux machine and i was able to start GRASS 
> n started using it.
> i also istalled the two mandatory gdal n other library
> 
> now say i want to display just a .tif image i did the following
> i selected the database   a location and a mapset at startup screen after
which i was able to see the GIS manager GUI
> i have got say a .tif image.
> 1  ..converted the .tif image into raster using r.in.gdal input=filename.tif
output =output raster image name
> 2  ..started the monitor x0 as d.mon x0

using d.mon you might need a further step here to set the extend of your current
region to the tif before you display it.

g.region rast=output_raster_image_name

hth,
 Otto

> 3  ...tried to diplay image on mon using d.rast= outut raster image name
> 
>  but iam unable to see anything in the x0 monitor  though the whole process
dint showd any errors 
> though wen i change the background  color in d.rast window i can see a
coloured surface of size of my original image on x0 but not the real image
> ,being quite new to the GIS field iam not able to figure out wat am i missing
.
> right now i just wanted to display a tif image  or may be a .img file on the
monitorr
> which iam not able to do
> may be anyone of u could help
> 
> 
> Savitri negi
> DEAL,india