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

Michael Barton michael.barton at asu.edu
Thu Jan 15 11:46:52 EST 2009


Probably the d.vector.thematic script can be copied from 6.4 and run  
in 6.3 with little or no modification.

Michael
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On Jan 15, 2009, at 3:27 AM, Moritz Lennert wrote:

> On 15/01/09 05:22, Michael Barton wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure that this is a Vista issue, though one that has  
>> been solved in 6.4.
>
> And as the OP is using 6.3, he doesn't have access to that solution,  
> yet. So, we'll have to wait for the  version of WinGRASS to decide  
> whether there might be additional issues in Vista.
>
> Moritz
>
>> Michael
>> On Jan 14, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Matt wrote:
>>> Ken,
>>> You are not alone.  I tried the thematic vector example on page  
>>> 171 of
>>> Neteler & Mitasova and also encountered the "You must open a display
>>> monitor" message.  I'm running 6.3.0-4 on Vista.
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Moritz Lennert
>>> <mlennert at club.worldonline.be> wrote:
>>>> On 06/01/09 17:51, Michael Barton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the correction. WinGRASS supports PNG output, not a  
>>>>> monitor.
>>>>> d.vect.thematic was rewritten to use direct rendering through  
>>>>> PNG, so it
>>>>> should work on Windows.
>>>>
>>>> This was done in 6.4, so it is not available in winGRASS, yet,  
>>>> which is
>>>> based on 6.3. Just replacing the script doesn't work, either as  
>>>> it use the
>>>> fs= parameter of v.db.connect which wasn't introduced until 6.4.
>>>>
>>>> So, another strident call for the a 6.4 winGRASS.
>>>>
>>>> Moritz
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