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

[Thomas Adams]

Dylan,

I wish I knew some Python, as I would like to be able to help. I hope to 
contribute some GRASS modules this year related to some of the work I do.

Regards,
Tom


Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> 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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>
>   


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