Ubuntu Manpage: d.rast.arrow - Draws arrows representing cell aspect direction for a raster map containing aspect data.

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NAME

       d.rast.arrow  - Draws arrows representing cell aspect direction for a raster map containing aspect data.

KEYWORDS

       display, map annotations, raster

SYNOPSIS

       d.rast.arrow
       d.rast.arrow --help
       d.rast.arrow   [-a]   map=name    [type=string]    [color=name]    [grid_color=name]    [null_color=name]
       [unknown_color=name]   [skip=integer]   [magnitude_map=string]    [scale=float]    [--help]   [--verbose]
       [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       -a
           Align grids with raster cells

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       map=name [required]
           Name of raster aspect map to be displayed

       type=string
           Type of existing raster aspect map
           Options: grass, compass, drainage, agnps, answers
           Default: grass

       color=name
           Color for drawing arrows
           Either a standard color name or R:G:B triplet
           Default: green

       grid_color=name
           Color for drawing drawing grid
           Either a standard color name, R:G:B triplet, or "none"
           Default: gray

       null_color=name
           Color for drawing null values (X symbol)
           Either a standard color name, R:G:B triplet, or "none"
           Default: black

       unknown_color=name
           Color for showing unknown information (? symbol)
           Either a standard color name, R:G:B triplet, or "none"
           Default: red

       skip=integer
           Draw arrow every Nth grid cell
           Default: 1

       magnitude_map=string
           Raster map containing values used for arrow length

       scale=float
           Scale factor for arrows (magnitude map)
           Default: 1.0

DESCRIPTION

d.rast.arrow is designed to help users better visualize surface water flow direction, as indicated in an
aspect raster map layer. There are two ways to specify the aspect layer the program is to use. The
first is to display the aspect map layer on the graphics monitor before running d.rast.arrow. The second
method involves setting the map parameter to the name of the desired aspect map. This allows the arrows
to be drawn over any other maps already displayed on the graphics monitor.

d.rast.arrow will draw an arrow over each displayed cell to indicate in which direction the cell slopes.
If the aspect layer has a category value denoting locations of "unknown" aspect, d.rast.arrow draws a
question mark over the displayed cells of that category. Cells containing null data will be marked with
an "X". You can disable drawing of null data and unknown aspect values by setting its color to "none".

When specifying the magnitude_map option, arrow lengths denoting magnitude will be extracted from the
cell values of the specified map. In this case the tail of the arrow will be centered on the source cell.
You may adjust the overall scale using the scale option. d.rast.arrow will ignore NULL and negative
magnitudes, and will warn you if the debug level is set at 5 or higher. Be aware. If your application
uses negative values for magnitude, you can use r.mapcalc to prepare the magnitude map to suit your needs
(absolute value, inverted direction and so on).

NOTES

By default, arrows are drawn at the size of a cell and cannot be seen if the raster map is relatively
close in scale. You can use the skip option to draw arrows every n-th cell in both directions if you are
working with relatively high resolutions. It may be useful to disable the grid in this case, which is
accomplished by setting its color to "none".

For GRASS and Compass type aspect maps, the cell values of the aspect map will determine the
corresponding direction in 360 degrees. ANSWERS type aspect maps will be plotted in multiples of 15
degrees counterclockwise from east, and AGNPS and Drainage type aspect maps will be displayed in D8
representation, i.e. the eight multiples of 45 degrees. Cell values are 1 to 8 clockwise from north for
AGNPS and 1 to 8 counterclockwise from north east for Drainage. See r.watershed for more details about
the Drainage aspect.

GRASS aspect maps are measured using Cartesian conventions, i.e. in degrees counterclockwise from east.
e.g.:
90 North
180 West
270 South
0,360 East
They can be created from a raster elevation map with r.slope.aspect.

Compass type aspect maps are measured in degrees clockwise from north.

This module uses oceanographic conventions, i.e. arrows point downslope or direction "to", as opposed to
atmospheric conventions (direction "from").

EXAMPLE

       Convert U,V velocity component maps into magnitude,direction maps for use with d.rast.arrow:
       r.mapcalc "magnitude = sqrt(U_map^2 + V_map^2)"
       r.mapcalc "direction = atan(U_map, V_map)"
       d.rast.arrow map=direction type=grass magnitude_map=magnitude skip=3 grid=none
       Sea wind speed (magnitude) and direction shown in the Tasmanian Sea

AUTHORS

       Original author
       Chris Rewerts
       Agricultural Engineering,
       Purdue University
       Magnitude and 360 arrow code
       Hamish Bowman
       Department of Marine Science,
       University of Otago, New Zealand
       Align grids with raster cells and Drainage aspect type
       Huidae Cho

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: d.rast.arrow source code (history)

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