Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
On 15/01/09 17:46, Michael Barton wrote: Probably the d.vector.thematic script can be copied from 6.4 and run in 6.3 with little or no modification. As mentioned in the last mail below, you cannot copy it without modifications, as v.db.connect's fs= parameter was introduced in 6.4, and I'm not sure that's the only change. I think the easiest would probably be to copy the lines setting the relevant environment variables from 6.4 to 6.3 to replace the d.mon call. Moritz Michael __ C. Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution Social Change Center for Social Dynamics Complexity Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 USA voice: 480-965-6262; fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton On Jan 15, 2009, at 3:27 AM, Moritz Lennert wrote: On 15/01/09 05:22, Michael Barton wrote: I'm pretty sure that this is a Vista issue, though one that has been solved in 6.4. And as the OP is using 6.3, he doesn't have access to that solution, yet. So, we'll have to wait for the version of WinGRASS to decide whether there might be additional issues in Vista. Moritz Michael On Jan 14, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Matt wrote: Ken, You are not alone. I tried the thematic vector example on page 171 of Neteler Mitasova and also encountered the You must open a display monitor message. I'm running 6.3.0-4 on Vista. Matt On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Moritz Lennert mlenn...@club.worldonline.be wrote: On 06/01/09 17:51, Michael Barton wrote: Thanks for the correction. WinGRASS supports PNG output, not a monitor. d.vect.thematic was rewritten to use direct rendering through PNG, so it should work on Windows. This was done in 6.4, so it is not available in winGRASS, yet, which is based on 6.3. Just replacing the script doesn't work, either as it use the fs= parameter of v.db.connect which wasn't introduced until 6.4. So, another strident call for the a 6.4 winGRASS. Moritz ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
On 15/01/09 05:22, Michael Barton wrote: I'm pretty sure that this is a Vista issue, though one that has been solved in 6.4. And as the OP is using 6.3, he doesn't have access to that solution, yet. So, we'll have to wait for the version of WinGRASS to decide whether there might be additional issues in Vista. Moritz Michael On Jan 14, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Matt wrote: Ken, You are not alone. I tried the thematic vector example on page 171 of Neteler Mitasova and also encountered the You must open a display monitor message. I'm running 6.3.0-4 on Vista. Matt On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Moritz Lennert mlenn...@club.worldonline.be wrote: On 06/01/09 17:51, Michael Barton wrote: Thanks for the correction. WinGRASS supports PNG output, not a monitor. d.vect.thematic was rewritten to use direct rendering through PNG, so it should work on Windows. This was done in 6.4, so it is not available in winGRASS, yet, which is based on 6.3. Just replacing the script doesn't work, either as it use the fs= parameter of v.db.connect which wasn't introduced until 6.4. So, another strident call for the a 6.4 winGRASS. Moritz ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
Probably the d.vector.thematic script can be copied from 6.4 and run in 6.3 with little or no modification. Michael __ C. Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution Social Change Center for Social Dynamics Complexity Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 USA voice: 480-965-6262; fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton On Jan 15, 2009, at 3:27 AM, Moritz Lennert wrote: On 15/01/09 05:22, Michael Barton wrote: I'm pretty sure that this is a Vista issue, though one that has been solved in 6.4. And as the OP is using 6.3, he doesn't have access to that solution, yet. So, we'll have to wait for the version of WinGRASS to decide whether there might be additional issues in Vista. Moritz Michael On Jan 14, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Matt wrote: Ken, You are not alone. I tried the thematic vector example on page 171 of Neteler Mitasova and also encountered the You must open a display monitor message. I'm running 6.3.0-4 on Vista. Matt On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Moritz Lennert mlenn...@club.worldonline.be wrote: On 06/01/09 17:51, Michael Barton wrote: Thanks for the correction. WinGRASS supports PNG output, not a monitor. d.vect.thematic was rewritten to use direct rendering through PNG, so it should work on Windows. This was done in 6.4, so it is not available in winGRASS, yet, which is based on 6.3. Just replacing the script doesn't work, either as it use the fs= parameter of v.db.connect which wasn't introduced until 6.4. So, another strident call for the a 6.4 winGRASS. Moritz ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
Ken, You are not alone. I tried the thematic vector example on page 171 of Neteler Mitasova and also encountered the You must open a display monitor message. I'm running 6.3.0-4 on Vista. Matt On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Moritz Lennert mlenn...@club.worldonline.be wrote: On 06/01/09 17:51, Michael Barton wrote: Thanks for the correction. WinGRASS supports PNG output, not a monitor. d.vect.thematic was rewritten to use direct rendering through PNG, so it should work on Windows. This was done in 6.4, so it is not available in winGRASS, yet, which is based on 6.3. Just replacing the script doesn't work, either as it use the fs= parameter of v.db.connect which wasn't introduced until 6.4. So, another strident call for the a 6.4 winGRASS. Moritz ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
I'm pretty sure that this is a Vista issue, though one that has been solved in 6.4. Michael On Jan 14, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Matt wrote: Ken, You are not alone. I tried the thematic vector example on page 171 of Neteler Mitasova and also encountered the You must open a display monitor message. I'm running 6.3.0-4 on Vista. Matt On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Moritz Lennert mlenn...@club.worldonline.be wrote: On 06/01/09 17:51, Michael Barton wrote: Thanks for the correction. WinGRASS supports PNG output, not a monitor. d.vect.thematic was rewritten to use direct rendering through PNG, so it should work on Windows. This was done in 6.4, so it is not available in winGRASS, yet, which is based on 6.3. Just replacing the script doesn't work, either as it use the fs= parameter of v.db.connect which wasn't introduced until 6.4. So, another strident call for the a 6.4 winGRASS. Moritz ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
Michael Barton wrote: The problem is that winGRASS does not support X or PNG monitors. GRASS does support PNG monitors in winGRASS (or the TclTk canvas wouldn't work). WinGRASS supports direct rendering through the PNG and other drivers. It doesn't support any form of monitor, including PNG. You can't use d.mon, d.save, d.frame, or d.font. -- Glynn Clements gl...@gclements.plus.com ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
Thanks for the correction. WinGRASS supports PNG output, not a monitor. d.vect.thematic was rewritten to use direct rendering through PNG, so it should work on Windows. Michael __ C. Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution Social Change Center for Social Dynamics Complexity Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 USA voice: 480-965-6262; fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton On Jan 6, 2009, at 6:05 AM, Glynn Clements wrote: Michael Barton wrote: The problem is that winGRASS does not support X or PNG monitors. GRASS does support PNG monitors in winGRASS (or the TclTk canvas wouldn't work). WinGRASS supports direct rendering through the PNG and other drivers. It doesn't support any form of monitor, including PNG. You can't use d.mon, d.save, d.frame, or d.font. -- Glynn Clements gl...@gclements.plus.com ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
On 06/01/09 17:51, Michael Barton wrote: Thanks for the correction. WinGRASS supports PNG output, not a monitor. d.vect.thematic was rewritten to use direct rendering through PNG, so it should work on Windows. This was done in 6.4, so it is not available in winGRASS, yet, which is based on 6.3. Just replacing the script doesn't work, either as it use the fs= parameter of v.db.connect which wasn't introduced until 6.4. So, another strident call for the a 6.4 winGRASS. Moritz ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
On Jan 4, 2009, at 10:00 AM, grass-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org grass-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 10:54:41 -0800 (PST) From: Kenneth Brookes ken_broo...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista) To: grass-user@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: 1231008881789-2106615.p...@n2.nabble.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I used the WinGRASS 6.3.0-4 Setup.exe to install GRASS on Vista from July 19, 2008. This may be a Vista issue. I thought that they were all solved before July, but maybe not. Can anyone else confirm this on XP or Vista? Michael K. Brookes Michael Barton wrote: On Jan 3, 2009, at 6:47 AM, grass-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 07:43:17 +0100 From: Markus Neteler nete...@osgeo.org Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista) To: Ken Brookes ken_broo...@hotmail.com Cc: Grass GIS Users List WinGRASS User grass-user@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: 86782b610901022243o54070b91q3a5802660186b...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Ken Brookes ken_broo...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello I'm a GRASS GIS novice and have recently downloaded and successfully installed GRASS 6.3.0 directly onto MS-Windows Vista. I have been playing with the GIS manager GUI and have run into a problem trying to create thematic Vector maps and display them in the map display. I am using the North Carolina data set (example data set provided) and a variety of vector maps to try and create graduated color, point and line maps to get a feel of how it works. I have been adding the thematic layer and specifying all the parameters correctly in the GUI. The actual binning of the numeric data is occurring properly because a new window will pop-up with the correct legend for the parameters specified, however nothing will display in the map display window. I do get a message in the command line shell saying No such monitor exists 'PNG' . I've tried to run d.vect.thematic through the command line shell and get an error saying must open display monitor. I'm not sure what the problem is. Can anyone help? The problem is that winGRASS does not support X or PNG monitors. The solution is the new Python based user interface. I am not sure if there is a d.vect.thematic equivalent already (we are preparing 6.4.0 these days) which work on Windows since I am no Windows user. I hope you get the answer from another group member. Markus GRASS does support PNG monitors in winGRASS (or the TclTk canvas wouldn't work). There was a bug that caused problems with winGRASS and thematic mapping last Spring. I don't remember what it was, but thought it was fixed. What is the compile date of your version of GRASS 6.3? Michael ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
On Jan 3, 2009, at 6:47 AM, grass-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 07:43:17 +0100 From: Markus Neteler nete...@osgeo.org Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista) To: Ken Brookes ken_broo...@hotmail.com Cc: Grass GIS Users List WinGRASS User grass-user@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: 86782b610901022243o54070b91q3a5802660186b...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Ken Brookes ken_broo...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello I'm a GRASS GIS novice and have recently downloaded and successfully installed GRASS 6.3.0 directly onto MS-Windows Vista. I have been playing with the GIS manager GUI and have run into a problem trying to create thematic Vector maps and display them in the map display. I am using the North Carolina data set (example data set provided) and a variety of vector maps to try and create graduated color, point and line maps to get a feel of how it works. I have been adding the thematic layer and specifying all the parameters correctly in the GUI. The actual binning of the numeric data is occurring properly because a new window will pop-up with the correct legend for the parameters specified, however nothing will display in the map display window. I do get a message in the command line shell saying No such monitor exists 'PNG' . I've tried to run d.vect.thematic through the command line shell and get an error saying must open display monitor. I'm not sure what the problem is. Can anyone help? The problem is that winGRASS does not support X or PNG monitors. The solution is the new Python based user interface. I am not sure if there is a d.vect.thematic equivalent already (we are preparing 6.4.0 these days) which work on Windows since I am no Windows user. I hope you get the answer from another group member. Markus GRASS does support PNG monitors in winGRASS (or the TclTk canvas wouldn't work). There was a bug that caused problems with winGRASS and thematic mapping last Spring. I don't remember what it was, but thought it was fixed. What is the compile date of your version of GRASS 6.3? Michael ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
I used the WinGRASS 6.3.0-4 Setup.exe to install GRASS on Vista from July 19, 2008. K. Brookes Michael Barton wrote: On Jan 3, 2009, at 6:47 AM, grass-user-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 07:43:17 +0100 From: Markus Neteler nete...@osgeo.org Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista) To: Ken Brookes ken_broo...@hotmail.com Cc: Grass GIS Users List WinGRASS User grass-user@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: 86782b610901022243o54070b91q3a5802660186b...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Ken Brookes ken_broo...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello I'm a GRASS GIS novice and have recently downloaded and successfully installed GRASS 6.3.0 directly onto MS-Windows Vista. I have been playing with the GIS manager GUI and have run into a problem trying to create thematic Vector maps and display them in the map display. I am using the North Carolina data set (example data set provided) and a variety of vector maps to try and create graduated color, point and line maps to get a feel of how it works. I have been adding the thematic layer and specifying all the parameters correctly in the GUI. The actual binning of the numeric data is occurring properly because a new window will pop-up with the correct legend for the parameters specified, however nothing will display in the map display window. I do get a message in the command line shell saying No such monitor exists 'PNG' . I've tried to run d.vect.thematic through the command line shell and get an error saying must open display monitor. I'm not sure what the problem is. Can anyone help? The problem is that winGRASS does not support X or PNG monitors. The solution is the new Python based user interface. I am not sure if there is a d.vect.thematic equivalent already (we are preparing 6.4.0 these days) which work on Windows since I am no Windows user. I hope you get the answer from another group member. Markus GRASS does support PNG monitors in winGRASS (or the TclTk canvas wouldn't work). There was a bug that caused problems with winGRASS and thematic mapping last Spring. I don't remember what it was, but thought it was fixed. What is the compile date of your version of GRASS 6.3? Michael ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Re%3A-Display-thematic-vector-map---WinGRASS-6.3-%09%28Vista%29-tp2106336p2106615.html Sent from the Grass - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
[GRASS-user] Display thematic vector map - WinGRASS 6.3 (Vista)
Hello I'm a GRASS GIS novice and have recently downloaded and successfully installed GRASS 6.3.0 directly onto MS-Windows Vista. I have been playing with the GIS manager GUI and have run into a problem trying to create thematic Vector maps and display them in the map display. I am using the North Carolina data set (example data set provided) and a variety of vector maps to try and create graduated color, point and line maps to get a feel of how it works. I have been adding the thematic layer and specifying all the parameters correctly in the GUI. The actual binning of the numeric data is occurring properly because a new window will pop-up with the correct legend for the parameters specified, however nothing will display in the map display window. I do get a message in the command line shell saying No such monitor exists 'PNG' . I've tried to run d.vect.thematic through the command line shell and get an error saying must open display monitor. I'm not sure what the problem is. Can anyone help? Thanks K. Brookes Toronto, Canada _ ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
