[GRASS-user] new wxGUI feature: Map Swipe

[Moritz Lennert]

On 10/12/12 15:40, Anna Kratochvílová wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Moritz Lennert
> <mlennert at club.worldonline.be>  wrote:
>> On 07/12/12 11:05, Anna Kratochvílová wrote:
>>>
>>> I added the 'mirror' option to the map swipe tool (r54232). It was
>>> much easier than to implement it for map displays.
>>
>>
>> Just tested it. Nice !
>>
>> However, IIUC, it is not the same thing as zooming to the same view in two
>> maps, as here you adjust the maps automatically so that one "fits" right
>> next to the other, i.e. that there is a continuation from one map to the
>> other. But I cannot center on the same spot in both maps, or ?
>
> I am not sure if you are talking about the 'swipe' mode (the original
> one) or the 'mirror' mode (the new one).
> Please see the screenshots on wiki page, I added one with the mirror mode.
>
> http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/WxGUI_Map_Swipe#Disaster_analysis
>
> The new mode is not tested much so if it is not working for you,
> report me the problems.

I guess I must not have updated the code correctly. A new svn up and 
make gives me the dropdown list I didn't see before. Now I get mirror 
mode and it works as expected, thanks !

Maybe we should rename this to something that shows that it is a general 
tool for comparing two maps ?

Moritz