NAME

       d.barscale  - Displays a barscale on the graphics monitor.

KEYWORDS

       display, cartography

SYNOPSIS

       d.barscale
       d.barscale help
       d.barscale   [-mfltns]    [bcolor=name]    [tcolor=name]    [at=x,y]    [fontsize=integer]
       [--verbose]  [--quiet]

   Flags:
       -m
           Use mouse to interactively place scale

       -f
           Use feet/miles instead of meters

       -l
           Draw a line scale instead of a bar scale

       -t
           Write text on top of the scale, not to the right

       -n
           Draw a north arrow only

       -s
           Draw a scale bar only

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

   Parameters:
       bcolor=name
           Background color
           Either a standard GRASS color, R:G:B triplet, or "none"
           Default: white

       tcolor=name
           Text color
           Either a standard color name or R:G:B triplet
           Default: black

       at=x,y
           The screen coordinates for top-left corner of label ([0,0] is top-left of frame)
           Options: 0-100
           Default: 0.0,0.0

       fontsize=integer
           Font size
           Options: 1-72
           Default: 14

DESCRIPTION

       d.barscale displays a barscale on the graphics monitor using either  the  mouse  or  given
       screen  coordinates.  It  can  draw the scale in a couple of styles or simply draw a north
       arrow.

NOTE

       d.barscale will not work in Lat/Lon locations as the  horizontal  scale  distance  changes
       with latitude. Try d.grid instead.

       The  -l flag will always draw a north arrow and a line scale together; it is currently not
       possible to draw a line scale without a north arrow. Instead, the -s flag can be  used  to
       draw a barscale only.

SEE ALSO

        d.graph
       d.grid
       d.legend
       d.measure
       d.where

       g.region

AUTHOR

       unknown.

       Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 03:29:50 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $

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