[GRASS-user] ps.map: rectangle over map border?

[Moritz Lennert]

On 11/03/13 12:36, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> In ps.map,
>
> is it (not) possible to overlay a color-filled rectangle, which exceeds the map
> frame/border, and by doing so, it should be on top of the border?
>
> Currently, no matter what I try, the map border is drawn on top of the
> rectangle (within which I have placed a color table/legend).
>
> The colortable does not feature a background option (according to the manual
> -- blindly tested as well)!?
>
> Is there a trick to overcome this problem? (--yes, I want to break the
> convention of being inside the map frame)

AFAIK, just give the rectangle map coordinates that are outside the map 
frame. Ex:

raster elevation at PERMANENT
rectangle 637375 211190 643918 207236
     color black
     fcolor red
     width 2.0
     end

with r.info -g elevation:

north=228500
south=215000
east=645000
west=630000

Moritz