[GRASS-user] Re: [GMT-HELP] Some ideas on GRASS-GMT integration

[Dylan Beaudette]

Hi Tom,

On Thursday 17 May 2007 14:45, Thomas.Adams at noaa.gov wrote:
> Dylan,
>
> This would be awesome: "… looks like it may soon be possible with GMT 5 to
> glue both GRASS and GMT together with python…" — one of the *unfounded"
> criticisms of GRASS is it's inability to produce nice publication quality
> maps. Well, this would lay that myth completely to rest.
>
> Tom

Indeed. If I can get a little bit of help on working with the python-GRASS 
bindings I might be able to post a follow-up article detailing how this will 
work. 

cheers,

Dylan


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dylan Beaudette <dylan.beaudette at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:15 pm
> Subject: [GRASS-user] Re: [GMT-HELP] Some ideas on GRASS-GMT integration
>
> > On Thursday 17 May 2007 05:15, Tim Michelsen wrote:
> > > Dylan,
> > >
> > > > On Tuesday 15 May 2007 12:13, Tim Michelsen wrote:
> > > >> Hello Dylan,
> >
> > http://www.osgeo.org/files/journal/final_pdfs/OSGeo_vol1_GRASS-GMT.pdf
> >
> > > >> Can tell you how much I was waiting for this one!
> > > >> Hopefully I will learn how to publish publication-quality
> >
> > maps. GIS
> >
> > > >> tools I have used so far didn't allow it very easily... and
> >
> > leaning to
> >
> > > >> be a GMT wizzard isn't easy although it is well documented
> >
> > throughout> >> the tutorials. So, my conformation on your
> > introduction.> >
> >
> > > > Thanks for the comments!
> > >
> > > allow me one more additional comment.
> > > You did mention the python interface and recomended it as a good
> >
> > way to
> >
> > > program a interface for GRASS-GMT interaction.
> > >
> > > I am not a coder but once stumbled accross the basemap class of
> >
> > python> matplotlib:
> >
> > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.toolkits.basemap.basemap.htm
> >l>
> >
> > > I don't know whether this is a full implementation of GMT in
> >
> > Python but
> >
> > > seems to use part of its logic.
> >
> > Thanks for the ideas Tim. Paul has responded to this downstream,
> > but I just
> > wanted to mention that I was referring to the GRASS-Python bindings
> > in my
> > previous correspondence and article.
> >
> > However, it looks like it may soon be possible with GMT 5 to glue
> > both GRASS
> > and GMT together with python!! that would be something!
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Dylan Beaudette
> > Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
> > University of California at Davis
> > 530.754.7341
> >
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Dylan Beaudette
Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341