[GRASS-user] Vector Labels

[Michael Barton]

A picture is worth a lot of words, even if not the full thousand.

You have the Œuse SQL query¹ box checked and nothing in the query field.
Uncheck this box.

Michael


On 3/19/07 11:12 AM, "Amaginary Studios" <amagine at telus.net> wrote:

> Thank you for the quick reply!
> 
> You need to type into the column name box the name of the column (i.e.,
> database field)
> 
> hmm hmm,
> 
> I have tried this, many times.  Including using full CapsLock.
> 
> I have double checked by using the "manager" db.select table button...
> 
> Here is a little picture, to visualize what I am doing.  Perhaps this can help
> find what I am doing wrong here,
> 
> grass label problems picture
> <http://www.pixilive.com/uploads/20070319/grass%20label%20problems.tiff>
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Mars
> 
>  
> Amaginary Studios <http://amaginarystudios.spymac.com>
> amagine at telus.net
> Phone 250 845 7999
> 
> Mars Sjoden
> 3320 Mount Davis Way
> Houston BC
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>  
> 
> On 19-Mar-07, at 10:19 AM, Michael Barton wrote:
> 
>>  You need to type into the column name box the name of the column (i.e.,
>> database field) in your vector attribute table that you want to use for
>> labeling. You are getting the error because whatever you have in the box is
>> not the correct name of a column (field).
>>  
>>  Michael
>>  
>>  
>>  On 3/19/07 9:13 AM, "Amaginary Studios" <amagine at telus.net> wrote:
>>  
>>  
>>> Mac OS X.4.9 - GRASS 6.2/6.3 Williams Latest Builds March 2007
>>>  
>>>  I am having no luck in displaying Labels for various vectors.
>>>  
>>>  I thought perhaps It had something to do with my PostgreSQL connection, so
>>> I tried a tutorial file from:
>>>  http://www.gdf-hannover.de/download
>>>  for the GDF Hannover Tutorial
>>> <http://www.gdf-hannover.de/lit_html/grass60_v1.2_en/node52.html>
>>>  
>>>  I still have the same problem of not being able to display labels.
>>>  
>>>  Now, perhaps I do not understand how the columns work for selecting the
>>> attribute column for the labels...
>>>  
>>>  I select the attribute columns button from the vector display manager, and
>>> I can see my column 'titles'
>>>  I then type in the column title name I wish to display as a label in the
>>> field provided.
>>>  
>>>  When I go to re-draw the display, the Output pane errors that there is not
>>> such column name. 
>>>  
>>>  Sometimes the full vector file is not even displayed until I uncheck the
>>> 'Labels' box.
>>>  
>>>  Thank you for your help,
>>>  
>>>  Mars
>>>  
>>>  
>>>   
>>>  Amaginary Studios <http://amaginarystudios.spymac.com>
>>>  amagine at telus.net
>>>  Phone 250 845 7999
>>>  
>>>  Mars Sjoden
>>>  3320 Mount Davis Way
>>>  Houston BC
>>>  V0J 1Z2
>>>  
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>>>  
>>>  
>>>   
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>> 
>>  
>>  __________________________________________
>>  Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
>>  School of Human Evolution & Social Change    
>>  Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
>>  Arizona State University
>>  
>>  phone: 480-965-6213
>>  fax: 480-965-7671
>>  www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
>>  
>>    
> 
> 


__________________________________________
Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

phone: 480-965-6213
fax: 480-965-7671
www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton


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