[GRASS-user] Export/define region with Map Scale

[Franz Schiller]

Greetings Hamish



> yes. the ps.map module knows its output plots will be on paper,
> and it knows how big that piece of paper is. therefore it can
> correctly calculate and use the scale for PostScript (and so
> PDF format too) hardcopies.
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Ok. So I just need to define the scale-output . Seems reasonably and easy :)


> > 2- Is it possible to set region using this map scale
> > definition in order to have by default this setting?
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> not directly, but you could write a script wrapping g.region
> and d.info which after calibration could keep you somewhat
> close to your desired scale. That's probably more trouble than
> it's worth though.


yes. It seems to. It seems easier to define Scale only in the output

Thanks

Franz


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