Dear list, I am replying to myself just to say that I hit the same issues as shown at: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3033
My apologies for not checking that first. As I keep running into this problem, but there is not a lot of discussion on it, probably people have found other ways to deal with it (e.g., ps.map, which what I will try next). Also, I noticed that the Python way was also explored: https://discuss.wxpython.org/t/wx-image-postscript/25813 which I was actually about to askā¦ Kind regards, Luigi On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 12:34 PM Luigi Ponti <luispo...@tiscali.it> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to get output image files in various formats using the Cairo > driver, following some very useful Python scripting examples: > https://baharmon.github.io/python-in-grass > > When I try to map vector layers (e.g., point data) on top of raster layers > (say a digital elevation model); > > if I use PNG output file extension, both vector and raster layers show up > with points having transparent background, > > if I use PDF, PS, or SVG output file extension, only the vector layer > (drawn last) is shown in the output image with white background. > > Maybe the PS driver is a better option? > > Yet, I was reading this old grass-dev post that may be relevant: > https://marc.info/?l=grass-dev&m=146346954429631&w=2 > > Kind regards, > > Luigi > > > Sample test function I am using follows: > > def make_map(outfile_name, > fig_width, > fig_height, > bg_color: Optional[str] = None, > file_types: Optional[list] = None): > """ Test ouput map figure. > PLEASE CHECK as PDF and PS output does not get vectors displayed on > top of rasters. """ > background_color = bg_color or [NO_BG_COLOR] > extensions = [PNG] if file_types is None else file_types > for extension in extensions: > outfile = pathlib.Path(OUT_DIR).joinpath(f"{outfile_name}.{extension}") > grass.run_command("d.mon", overwrite=True, > start="cairo", > width=fig_width, > height=fig_height, > bgcolor=background_color, > output=outfile) > grass.run_command("d.rast", > map="raster_layer") > grass.run_command("d.vect", > map="point_vector_layer", > type="point", > color="150:0:0", > size=20) > # all other display commands > grass.run_command("d.mon", stop="cairo") > > > Bundled GRASS app for Mac from here: > http://grassmac.wikidot.com/downloads > > System Info: > > GRASS version: 8.0.dev > > Code revision: 32930185c > > Build date: 2021-07-01 > > Build platform: x86_64-apple-darwin20.5.0 > > GDAL: 3.1.4 > > PROJ: 7.1.1 > > GEOS: 3.8.1 > > SQLite: 3.35.4 > > Python: 3.8.8 > > wxPython: 4.1.1 > > Platform: macOS-10.16-x86_64-i386-64bit > > > g.version -b > GRASS 8.0.dev (2021) > > ./configure > --with-macosx-sdk=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk > --enable-64bit --with-macosx-archs=x86_64 --with-opengl=aqua --with-openmp > --prefix=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources --with-freetype > --with-freetype-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include/freetype2 > --with-freetype-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-gdal=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gdal-config > --with-gdal-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-proj=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/bin/proj > --with-proj-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-proj-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-proj-share=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/share/proj > --with-geos=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/bin/geos-config > --with-jpeg-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-jpeg-libs=//Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-png-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-png-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-tiff-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-tiff-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-postgres=yes > --with-postgres-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-postgres-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --without-mysql --with-sqlite > --with-sqlite-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-sqlite-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-fftw-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-fftw-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-cxx --with-cairo > --with-cairo-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include/cairo > --with-cairo-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-cairo-ldflags=-lcairo --with-zstd > --with-zstd-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-zstd-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-bzlib > --with-bzlib-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-bzlib-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-netcdf=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/bin/nc-config > --with-blas > --with-blas-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-blas-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-lapack > --with-lapack-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-lapack-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-netcdf=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/bin/nc-config > --with-nls --with-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include > --with-pdal=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pdal-config > --with-pdal-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-readline > --with-readline-includes=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/include/readline > --with-readline-libs=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/lib > --with-liblas=/Applications/GRASS-8.0.app/Contents/Resources/bin/liblas-config > > > -- > Luigi Ponti > > >
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