Psmap simple example

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Very simple example

This example plots a raster map with title and legend.

# Spearfish dataset
raster elevation.10m
header
  end
colortable
  where 0.75 1.5
  end
end

Simple example

# Simple ps.map example using the Spearfish dataset
g.region rast=elevation.10m

ps.map output=spearfish.ps << EOF
paper us-letter
  end
scale 1:120000
raster elevation.10m
colortable
  where 2 6.75
  end
text 50% -7% Spearfish County, ND (Mount Rushmore)
  fontsize 16
  end
mapinfo
  where 4.5 7.25
  end
vlines roads
  where label ~ 'highway' OR label = 'interstate'
  color grey
  end
vpoints archsites
  symbol basic/triangle
  end
end
EOF

Demo 1

the following GRASS 5 ps.map demo scripts need updating for GRASS 6 syntax

scale 1 inch equals 2 miles
maploc 1.25 0.0 
raster soils
colortable
  cols 3
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
vector roads
  width 1
  color black
  end
vector streams
  width 1
  color black
  style 111100
  hcolor white
  hwidth 1
  end
labels rush.lbl
  font Helvetica
  end
mapinfo
  end
vlegend
  where 4.25 0.0
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
end

Demo 2

scale 1 inch equals 1 mile
maploc 1.5 1.3
raster geology
colortable
  where 5.0 2.5
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 20
  end
vector fields
  width 2
  color black
  end
vector streams
  width 1
  color white
  end
labels rush.lbl
  font Helvetica
  end
mapinfo
  end
vlegend
  end
end

Demo 3

scale 1 inch equals 2 miles
maploc 1.25 1.2
raster fields
outline
  color white
  end
colortable
  cols 4
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
vector streams
  width 1
  color black
  end
labels rush.lbl
  font Helvetica
  end
mapinfo
  end
vlegend
  end
end

Demo 4

scale 1 inch equals 2 miles
maploc 1.25 1.1
raster landuse
colortable
  where 1.5 6.0
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 20
  end
mapinfo
  end
end

Demo 5

maploc 0.25 1.5
raster soils
header
  font Courier Bold
  fontsize 15
  end
vector roads
  width 1
  color black
  end
vector streams
  width 1
  color black
  style 111100
  hcolor white
  hwidth 1
  end
mapinfo
  where 6.2 1.6
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
vlegend
  where 0.4 6.6
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
end

Demo 6

maploc 0.25 1.5
header
  font Helvetica Bold
  fontsize 15
  end
vector roads
  width 1
  color black
  end
vector fields
  width 3
  color green
  end
mapinfo
  end
vlegend
  end
end

Demo 7

scale 1 inch equals 2 miles
maploc 1.25 0.0 
raster soils
grid 1000
  color white
  numbers 1 black
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
colortable
  cols 3
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
mapinfo
  end
vlegend
  where 4.25 0.0
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
end

Demo 8

scale 1 inch equals 2 miles
raster owner
maploc 1.25 0.0
setcolor 2 white
#header
#  file bugs.hdr
#  font Helvetica
#  fontsize 15
#  end
outline y
  color black
  end
sites bugsites
#  icon bug
  color black
  size 1
  desc n
  end
mapinfo
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
#comments bugs.cmt
#  where 4.75 10.0
#  font Times Roman
#  fontsize 12
#  end
end

Demo 9

scale 1 inch equals 2 miles
maploc 1.25 0.0 
raster soils
setcolor 0 white
header
  file mask.hdr
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 15
  end
vector roads
  width 1
  color black
  masked y
  end
vector streams
  width 1
  color black
  style 111100
  hcolor white
  hwidth 1
  masked y
  end
mapinfo
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
vlegend
  where 4.25 0.0
  font Helvetica
  fontsize 10
  end
end