[GRASS-user] Georectify problems in wxGui & gis.m

[Anna Kratochvílová]

Hi,

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Nom DePlume <mail at nomdeplume.name> wrote:
> Hi Folks
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> 1)      Can anybody tell me how to get the Georectify module working in any
> of the guis at all please? Does it still work at all?? Would much prefer
> wxGui.
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> I have tried using the wxGUI, and followed through the wizard, but when I
> click on the ‘Finish’ button, nothing happens on the screen, but in the
> Command Console I get a C++ error assertion message telling me I probably
> want to use a combo box?! (please see attached file). Is this module broken,
> and any plans to repair? Or is it me..
>

Please try a more recent version of GRASS (GRASS 6.4.3RC2, GRASS7).
This Mac-specific error should be fixed already.

Regards,
Anna

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> I have also tried to use the old gis.m gui, and that doesn’t seem to work
> anymore either. Oddly, for this version I only need to specify the map I
> want to rectify and not the map that already has coordinates, so I presume I
> use what I have already displayed in the map window before starting the
> wizard. This time, I do get the map I want to georectify displayed, and can
> click on it to select a GCP which enters the coordinates into the Manage
> GCPs dialog. However, when I click on the pointer icon in the map display
> window (which I understand I need to do to set my GCPs there), I do not get
> a cross-hairs cursor, and no matter where I click I cannot get any
> coordinates transferred from the map display window, into the Manage GCPs
> dialog.
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> The error message I get as a pop-up in gis.m when I try to click with the
> pointer in the map display window to reference my map that has coordinates
> is:
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>   Application error
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>   Error: can’t read “b1coords”: No such variable
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> I’ve seen the post of some poor soul having the same georeferencing problems
> on a Mac, who was told to use the command line version, having been advised
> that ‘I never find the gui version works very well’. This seems to be a
> common response on these threads. Someone(s) has spent a lot of time and
> effort creating these gui interfaces, and I would like to use them as a
> quick way to learn the program and image processing, rather than getting
> bogged down in the details of scripting just now. These features must
> originally have worked, as there are many posts on georeferencing.
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> I am much puzzled how other of your users are reporting more advanced
> problems, as I can’t even get started  with Georectify in either wxGui or
> gis.m!!
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> 2)      Also, how do I get only posts related to my queries sent to my
> mailbox, rather than all of everybody else’s, as I am getting swamped by
> your postings. I would be interested in other folks’, but would prefer to
> read through the list on the forum at leisure. Can we have one list to
> search back through, rather than selections a month at a time please (Grass
> has been going for quite a few months, so many months to search back
> through..)
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> Much thanks
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>   Brolly.
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