Ps.output

The ps.out try to update the standard postscript output of Grass adding new features to design borders, graticules, categorized legends, etc

Command line flags

-d Draw a 1x1 cm grid on paper to help the placement of the elements of the map.

-e Make an output file without the postscript header. Useful when is embebed into other ps.out map.

-g Use the extended PostScript of Ghostscript (for transparent colors only)

-s Draw the small digit in the coordinate numbers to lower instead upper possition.

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  A4 paper with flag -d

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  coordinate

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  coordinate with flag -s

Map paper

paper

The block paper has an online value to define the base size of the paper. Valid options are: B0-6, A0-6, Legal, Ledger, Tabloid, Executive, or Folio. For all, the default left and right margins are 0.5 inch, and 1 inch in top and bottom margins. Custom dimensions are possibles with commands height and width while margins with the commands left, right, top, and bottom.

Also, in ps.out is possible define the backcolor of the paper (color), orientation (landscape), default font (font) and free draw of decorates as watermarks before any feature of the map is drawn (draw).

commands

paper [B0-6|A0-6|Legal|Ledger|Tabloid|Executive|Folio]. Default A4.
Type of paper.

color (color). Optional.
Paper color.

width (dimen), and height (dimen). Optional.
Custom size of paper.

left (dimen), right (dimen), top (dimen), and bottom (dimen). Optional.
Margins.

landscape yes|no. Optional, default no
paper orientation.

font. Optional.
Block font.

draw. Optional.
Block draw.

scale

Simple command to define the scale of the map (default adjust map to the paper dimensions). For example, scale 1:500000 to rescale maparea dimensions.

maparea

The block maparea define specific dimensions of the map (default defined by command scale). In particular height, widht, and the positions in the paper with left and top.

There are two special command: color, define the color of the border of the map (draw with grid...); and border, define the width of the border of the map (usefull with in and out formats).

Common elements on the map

grid and geogrid

Draw a graticula around the map. Predefined format: iho, can, in, out, or +out (numbers in the four limits of the map).

Many modifications are possibles to change color and style of the major and minir lines, trim zeros, etc. For example, to draw a typical border you must use the border set to 0.8mm in a maparea block, select the format out, set the style and color of the subdivisions, etc

• Grid formats
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  iho

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  can

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  in

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  +out

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  typical map border

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  typical map border with subminor 5 and fcolor blue

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  cross 500, fcolor indigo, color 200:200:200 in maparea

scalebar

Maximun 5 scalebars in each map.

• Scalerbar styles
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  s

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  S

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  I (uppercase i)

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  f

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  F

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  Multiple scalebars zero centered with zero yes

note

The block note permit write text on any place of the paper with frame, etc (also draw permit write text in paper). This command has an inline value with the text; this text can be a keywords: :maplimits, :dimen, :scale, or :file (to read the text from file); or free text in one line using '|' to break lines and '.' as first character to center line.

Maximun 20 notes by map.

• Note keywords and free text
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  :maplimits

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  :dimen

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  :scale

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  in multiple lines

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  .centered

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  :scale scale with angle 90

draw

The block draw run over map and all is clipped to the map limits. This command draw predefined postscript code.

However, there is an optional value to modify this feature. Valid options are: (1) paper: run before any map feature is drawn (equivalent to place inside paper block); and (2) free: run after all map features are drawn then it's draw over map but not clipped.

• Sample gallery
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  north 700000 4700000

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  north 5cm 16.5cm -

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  maplimits

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  compass 700000 4700000 10000 10.2345

Raster maps

raster

This block draw one or two raster maps on the maparea.

The following gallery show the output of the commands inside the raster block (all mapnames are of type raster).

	raster elevation end		raster elevation grey yes end
	raster lsat5.5 lsat5.4 lsat5.3 end		raster zipcodes_wake maskcell zipcodes_wake maskcolor 200:200:120 end
	raster elevation maskcell census_26 elevation end		raster elevation maskcell census_26 elevation maskcolor indigo end
	raster zipcodes_wake maskcell zipcodes_wake elev_state_500m outline width .2mm end end		raster zipcodes_wake maskcell zipcodes_wake elev_state_500m outline width .2mm color white end setcolor 37 black end

commands

raster (map|map.R map.G map.B|:group)
The inline value is the raster mapname, three maps to draw as RGB, or a groupname (leader by ':') with tree RGB maps.

grey yes|no
Optional. Draw the rasters in grey scale (small size of file).

maskcell (mask) [(background)]
Optional. Set the map to use as mask (independent of the mask set in GRASS with r.mask) and, optionally, the raster map uses as background.

maskcolor (color)
Optional. Set the color of the mask. If a raster map as background is set then it's drawn with a scale white-maskcolor.

outline
Optional. Block line to define ...

setcolor (cat) (color)
Optional, multiple. Replace the color of the cat area with a new color.

Legend of the maps

rlegend

The block rlegend show the legend of a raster map. In the following images are shown the two types of outputs: the left one when raster is 'category' and the right one when is 'gradient'. In the code, the frame sub-command is not shown, and the cols, swidth, height, and order commands are optionals. Also, the units meters in the gradient legend is set with r.support.

rlegend Zip Codes (wake) raster zipcodes_wake cols 2 0 swidth 8mm order 20,10,30,22,34 end

rlegend raster elevation height 8cm end

rlegend raster elevation width 8cm vertical no end

commands

raster (map).
raster map from take the data of legend.

titlefont. Optional.
Block font for the legend header.

font. Optional.
Block font for the normal text.

frame. Optional.
Block frame.

swidth (dimen). Optional, default ....
Width of the color data.

Category legends

cols (number) [(number)]. Optional, default 1.
Number of columns with symbols and separation between columns.

nodata yes|no. Optional, default no. Category legends.
Remove category no data.

order (number,number,...)'. Optional.
. Reorder.

Gradient legends

height (dimen) or width (dimen).
Dimension of the frame with the legend.

vertical yes|no. Optional, default no.
Orientation of the gradient legend.

range. Optional.
Manual set of the data range for legend.

gradient yes|no. Optional.
Forze draw gradient legend with category data.

tick (dimen). Optional.
Length of the ticks.

whiteframe (dimen). Optional.
Width of the white frame around the bar color.