[GRASS-user] new wxGUI feature: Map Swipe

[Anna Kratochvílová]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Moritz Lennert
<mlennert at club.worldonline.be> wrote:
> 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 ?

I already got used to that name but surely we can discuss it. Still I
consider the 'swipe' functionality more important and interesting (and
also more difficult to implement).

Anna

>
> Moritz