[GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)

[Kenneth Brookes]

I used the WinGRASS 6.3.0-4 Setup.exe to install GRASS on Vista from July 19,
2008. 

K. Brookes

Michael Barton wrote:
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> On Jan 3, 2009, at 6:47 AM, <grass-user-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
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>> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 07:43:17 +0100
>> From: "Markus Neteler" <neteler at osgeo.org>
>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3
>> 	(Vista)
>> To: "Ken Brookes" <ken_brookes at hotmail.com>
>> Cc: Grass GIS Users List WinGRASS User <grass-user at lists.osgeo.org>
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>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Ken Brookes  
>> <ken_brookes at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I'm a GRASS GIS novice and have recently downloaded and successfully
>>> installed GRASS 6.3.0 directly onto MS-Windows Vista. I have been  
>>> playing
>>> with the GIS manager GUI and have run into a problem trying to create
>>> thematic Vector maps and display them in the map display. I am  
>>> using the
>>> North Carolina data set (example data set provided) and a variety  
>>> of vector
>>> maps to try and create graduated color, point and line maps to get  
>>> a feel of
>>> how it works. I have been adding the thematic layer and specifying  
>>> all the
>>> parameters correctly in the GUI. The actual binning of the numeric  
>>> data is
>>> occurring properly because a new window will pop-up with the correct
>>> legend for the parameters specified, however nothing will display  
>>> in the map
>>> display window. I do get a message in the command line shell saying  
>>> "No such
>>> monitor exists 'PNG' ". I've tried to run d.vect.thematic through the
>>> command line shell and get an error saying "must open display  
>>> monitor". I'm
>>> not sure what the problem is. Can anyone help?
>>
>> The problem is that winGRASS does not support X or PNG monitors.
>> The solution is the new Python based user interface.
>> I am not sure if there is a d.vect.thematic equivalent already (we are
>> preparing 6.4.0 these days) which work on Windows since I am no
>> Windows user.
>> I hope you get the answer from another group member.
>>
>> Markus
> 
> GRASS does support PNG monitors in winGRASS (or the TclTk canvas  
> wouldn't work). There was a bug that caused problems with winGRASS and  
> thematic mapping last Spring. I don't remember what it was, but  
> thought it was fixed. What is the compile date of your version of  
> GRASS 6.3?
> 
> Michael
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