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

[Michael Barton]

On Jan 4, 2009, at 10:00 AM, <grass-user-request at lists.osgeo.org> <grass-user-request at lists.osgeo.org 
 > wrote:

> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 10:54:41 -0800 (PST)
> From: Kenneth Brookes <ken_brookes at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3
> 	(Vista)
> To: grass-user at lists.osgeo.org
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> I used the WinGRASS 6.3.0-4 Setup.exe to install GRASS on Vista from  
> July 19,
> 2008.

This may be a Vista issue. I thought that they were all solved before  
July, but maybe not. Can anyone else confirm this on XP or Vista?

Michael

>
>
> 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:
>>
>>> 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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