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* Check how many categories (map colors)
* Check how many categories (map colors)
  r.info chart
  r.info chart
: 8 colors
: ''8 colors''


* Zoom to the map's bounds
* Zoom to the map's bounds
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* Query map values (command line version)
* Query map values (command line version)
  d.what.rast
  d.what.rast
* black is category 1
: ''black is category 1''


* Create a reclass map, with just the black lines
* Create a reclass map, with just the black lines
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  EOF
  EOF


* Thin the lines to be 1 pixel wide
* Thin the lines to be 1 raster cell wide
  r.thin in=chart_black out=chart_black.thinned
  r.thin in=chart_black out=chart_black.thinned


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* View shape file in [http://qgis.org QuantumGIS]
* View shape file in [http://qgis.org QuantumGIS]
  qgis chart_lines_gt5km/chart_lines_5km_crop.shp
  qgis chart_lines_gt5km/chart_lines_5km_crop.shp
''Done!''

Revision as of 07:45, 12 December 2006

  • Import a scanned map image. To save processing later you might want to mask out obvious text and other noise in a paint program first.
r.in.gdal
  • Georectify map using GUI georectifier or i.points + i.rectify
  • Switch to target location
  • We now have a registered raster map containing a 300 dpi scan of our A0 sized paper map
  • Check how many categories (map colors)
r.info chart
8 colors
  • Zoom to the map's bounds
g.region rast=chart
  • Display map (command line version)
d.mon x0
d.rast chart
  • Query map values (command line version)
d.what.rast
black is category 1
  • Create a reclass map, with just the black lines
r.reclass in=chart out=chart_black << EOF
1 = 1 black
EOF
  • Thin the lines to be 1 raster cell wide
r.thin in=chart_black out=chart_black.thinned
  • Convert raster lines to vector lines
r.to.vect -s in=chart_black.thinned out=chart_lines
  • Remove any dangles smaller than 1km
v.clean in=chart_lines out=chart_lines_cleaned tool=rmdangle thresh=1000
  • Connect lines which were broken at dangles
v.build.polylines -q in=chart_lines_cleaned out=chart_polyline
  • Add category numbers to lines
v.category in=chart_polyline out=chart_polyline_cat type=line
  • Create a DB table to hold line length values
v.db.addtable chart_polyline_cat columns="length_km DOUBLE PRECISION"
  • Upload line lengths to DB table
v.to.db chart_polyline_cat type=line option=length units=k column=length_km
  • Extract line features longer than 5km (cleans out the noise)
v.extract in=chart_polyline_cat out=chart_lines_5km type=line where="length_km > 5"
  • Display result over raster chart (command line version)
d.vect chart_lines_5km color=red width=2
  • Export as a shapefile
v.out.ogr in=chart_lines_5km dsn=chart_lines_gt5km
qgis chart_lines_gt5km/chart_lines_5km_crop.shp


Done!