d.slide.show(1)

NAME
d.slide.show - Slide show of GRASS raster/vector maps

KEYWORDS
display, slideshow

SYNOPSIS
d.slide.show
d.slide.show help
d.slide.show [-v] [prefix=string] [across=integer] [down=integer] [mapsets=string[,string,...]]

  Flags:

-v  show vector maps rather than raster maps

  Parameters:

prefix=string
    map prefix. Specify character(s) to view selected maps only

across=integer
    map number show across the monitor

down=integer
    map number show down the monitor

mapsets=string[,string,...]
    mapsets to use. Specify multiple mapsets comma separated

DESCRIPTION
d.slide.show is a UNIX Bourne shell macro which clears the entire screen, creates a series of display frames on the graphics monitor, and displays in slideshow format each of the raster/vector map layers listed in the user-specified mapsets. This is a shell script example which makes extensive use of GRASS and UNIX commands. Users are encouraged to examine this macro and develop similar on-line demos using their own data files.

EXAMPLE
The following command sequence shows the available raster maps, saves the view to a PNG file and then converts it into a PDF file:
# reset region:
g.region -dp
# open GRASS monitor with defined size:
GRASS_WIDTH=800 GRASS_HEIGHT=1000 d.mon x0
# we have around 40 maps in the Spearfish PERMANENT mapset:
d.slide.show across=5 down=8 mapsets=PERMANENT
# From Monitor to PNG to PDF:
d.out.png out=spearfish_maps.png res=2
convert spearfish_maps.png spearfish_maps.pdf
xpdf spearfish_maps.pdf

SEE ALSO
d.erase
d.text
g.mapsets
xganim

AUTHOR
James Westervelt, U.S.Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Vector update, fixes: Markus Neteler

Last changed: $Date: 2006/06/21 10:16:37 $

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