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NAME

       g.gui.psmap  - Tool for creating hardcopy map outputs.

KEYWORDS

       general, GUI, printing

SYNOPSIS

       g.gui.psmap
       g.gui.psmap --help
       g.gui.psmap  [file=name]   [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       file=name
           File containing mapping instructions to load
           See ps.map manual for details

DESCRIPTION

       wxGUI  Cartographic  Composer  also  called wx.psmap is a wxGUI extension which allows the user to create
       interactively hardcopy map outputs. This tool generates ps.map configuration file and then runs ps.map to
       create  PostScript  output. There are two modes - Draft mode for map composing and Preview mode (requires
       Python Imaging Library) to see how the result will look like. In draft mode map features (like legend  or
       scalebar) are represented by a colored rectangle with a label.

       Possible output files:

           •   ps.map instructions file

           •   PostScript/EPS file

           •   PDF (using ps2pdf)

       Cartographic  Composer  enables to load in saved instructions file.  Loading instruction files created by
       Cartographic Composer is more robust, as opposed to loading files created manually.

       Currently supported ps.map instructions:

           •   paper

           •   maploc

           •   scale

           •   border

           •   raster

           •   colortable

           •   vpoints

           •   vlines

           •   vareas

           •   vlegend

           •   text

           •   scalebar

           •   mapinfo

           •   point

           •   line

           •   rectangle

           •   labels

   CARTOGRAPHIC COMPOSER TOOLBAR
             Generate instructions file
           Generates and saves text file with mapping instructions.

             Load instructions file
           Load text file with mapping instructions.

             Page setup
           Specify paper size, margins and orientation.

             Pointer
           Select object on the paper by clicking, drag the cursor while pressing the left mouse button to  move
           it  or  resize object (currently only map frame) by clicking on a small black box in its bottom right
           corner. Double click to show object properties dialog

             Pan
           Drag the pan cursor while pressing the left mouse button to move your view.

             Zoom in
           Interactive zooming with the mouse in both draft and preview mode. Drawing a box or just a left click
           with  the  mouse and zoom-in cursor causes the display to zoom in so that the area defined by the box
           fills the display.

             Zoom out
           Interactive zooming with the mouse in both draft and preview mode. Drawing a box or just a left click
           with  the mouse and zoom-out cursor causes the display to zoom out so that the area displayed shrinks
           to fill the area defined by the box.

             Zoom to page
           Zoom to display the entire page

             Map frame
           Click and drag to place map frame. If  map  frame  is  already  drawn,  open  a  dialog  to  set  its
           properties.

             Raster map
           Shows a dialog to add or change the raster map.

             Vector map
           Shows a dialog to add or change current vector maps and their properties:

       Data selection
           Select data to draw:

       Feature type
           Select  which  data type to draw. In case of point data, points or centroids can be drawn, in case of
           line data, lines or boundaries.

       Layer selection
           Select layer and limit data by a SQL query or chose only certain categories.

       Mask
           Whether to use mask or not.

       Colors
           Color settings:

       Outline
           Select outline color and width in points. In case of lines, outline means highlighting.

       Fill
           Select fill color, one color for all vector elements or color from rgb column.

       Size and style
           Sets size, style, symbols, pattern; depends on data type:

       Symbology
           Available for point data. Choose symbol or EPS file to draw points with.

       Line style
           Available for line data. Select line style (solid, dashed, ...) and the look of the ends of the  line
           (butt, round, ...)

       Pattern
           Available for areas. Choose pattern file and set the width of the pattern.

       Size
           Available  for  point  data. Choose size (number of times larger than the size in the icon file) as a
           single value or take the size from a map table column.

       Rotation
           Available for point data. Rotate symbols counterclockwise with the given value or with the value from
           a map table column

       Width
           Available for line data. Set line width in points or take the value from a map table column.

             Add overlays
           Add overlays: vector labels, grid (not yet implemented)

                 Add labels
           Add vector labels created beforehand by v.label module.

             Add map elements
           Add map elements: legend, scalebar, map info, text

                 Add legend
           Add raster or vector legend or edit their properties.

                 Add map info
           Add information about region, grid and scale or edit map info properties.

                 Add scalebar
           Add scalebar or edit its properties.

                 Add text
           Add text label.

             Remove selected element
           Select an object and remove it. Pressing Delete key does the same.

             Show preview
           Generates output and switches to Preview mode to see the result. Be patient, it can take a while.

             Generate hardcopy map output in PS
           Generates hardcopy map output in PostScript/EPS file.

             Generate hardcopy map output in PDF
           Generates hardcopy map output in PDF using ps2pdf.

SEE ALSO

        wxGUI
       wxGUI components

       See also wiki page.

AUTHOR

       Anna  Kratochvilova, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic (bachelor’s final project 2011,
       mentor: Martin Landa)

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: wxGUI Cartographic Composer source code (history)

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