---
name: "thuban"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "thuban"
version: "1.2.2-14+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/thuban"
---

# thuban(1)

interactive geographic data viewer

## NAME

thuban - interactive geographic data viewer

## SYNOPSIS

**thuban**  \[*thuban-session-file*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **thuban** command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**thuban** is an interactiv geographic data viewer. Thuban can read geographic data in the shapefile format. To control the visual appearance of a layer you have to select the layer in the session window of thuban. Afterwards you can change the layers color with the Layer-menu.

You can load the layers table with the Layer-table-menu. Afterwards you can query the table for feature selection. You can also load new tables with the Table-menu and make a table join to the current layer table.

Maps can be printed or exported to the PS-format by Map/print.

All changes can be saved in a thuban session file. If a thuban session file has been indicated on command line it will be loaded by thuban. If no thuban session file has been given thuban starts with a new session.

## SEE ALSO

http://thuban.intevation.org/

## AUTHOR

Thuban was written by Intevation GmbH, \<FCbh@intevation.deF\[0\]\>

This manual page was written by Silke Reimer \<FCsilke@intevation.deF\[0\]\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

## COPYRIGHT

Thuban may be copied and modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License.