---
name: "wxGUI.PsMap"
section: "1grass"
platform: "linux"
package: "grass-doc"
version: "6.4.4-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wxGUI.PsMap"
---

# wxGUI.PsMap(1grass)

## NAME

**wxGUI.PsMap**

## DESCRIPTION

**Note:** *wxGUI Cartographic Composer is currently under* *development.*

**wxGUI Cartographic Composer** also called *wx.psmap* is a *wxGUI* extension which allows the user to create interactively hardcopy map outputs. This tool generates *ps.map* configuration file and then runs *ps.map* to create PostScript output. There are two modes - *Draft mode* for map composing and *Preview mode* (requires Python Imaging Library) to see how the result will look like. In draft mode map features (like legend or scalebar) are represented by a colored rectangle with a label.

Possible output files:

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   *ps.map* instructions file

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   PostScript/EPS file

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   PDF (using ps2pdf)

Cartographic Composer enables to load in saved instructions file. It works better with files created by wx.psmap (more tested).

Currently supported *ps.map* instructions:

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   paper

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   maploc

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   scale

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   border

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   raster

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   colortable

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   vpoints

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   vlines

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   vareas

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   vlegend

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   text

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   scalebar

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   mapinfo

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   point

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   line

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   rectangle

### CARTOGRAPHIC COMPOSER TOOLBAR

- *Generate instructions file*

  Generates and saves text file with mapping instructions.

- *Load instructions file*

  Load text file with mapping instructions.

- *Page setup*

  Specify paper size, margins and orientation.

- *Pointer*

  Select object on the paper by clicking, drag the cursor while pressing the left mouse button to move it or resize object (currently only map frame) by clicking on a small black box in its bottom right corner. Double click to show object properties dialog

- *Pan*

  Drag the pan cursor while pressing the left mouse button to move your view.

- *Zoom in*

  Interactive zooming with the mouse in both draft and preview mode. Drawing a box or just a left click with the mouse and zoom-in cursor causes the display to zoom in so that the area defined by the box fills the display.

- *Zoom out*

  Interactive zooming with the mouse in both draft and preview mode. Drawing a box or just a left click with the mouse and zoom-out cursor causes the display to zoom out so that the area displayed shrinks to fill the area defined by the box.

- *Zoom to page*

  Zoom to display the entire page

- *Map frame*

  Click and drag to place map frame. If map frame is already drawn, open a dialog to set its properties.

- *Raster map*

  Shows a dialog to add or change the raster map.

- *Vector map*

  Shows a dialog to add or change current vector maps and their properties:

- *Data selection*

  Select data to draw:

- *Feature type*

   Select which data type to draw. In case of point data, points or centroids can be drawn, in case of line data, lines or boundaries.

- *Layer selection*

  Select layer and limit data by a SQL query or chose only certain categories.

- *Mask*

  Whether to use mask or not.

- *Colors*

  Color settings:

- *Outline*

   Select outline color and width in points. In case of lines, outline means highlighting.

- *Fill*

  Select fill color, one color for all vector elements or color from rgb column.

- *Size and style*

  Sets size, style, symbols, pattern; depends on data type:

- *Symbology*

   Available for point data. Choose symbol or EPS file to draw points with.

- *Line style*

  Available for line data. Select line style (solid, dashed, ...) and the look of the ends of the line (butt, round, ...)

- *Pattern*

   Available for areas. Choose pattern file and set the width of the pattern.

- *Size*

   Available for point data. Choose size (number of times larger than the size in the icon file) as a single value or take the size from a map table column.

- *Rotation*

   Available for point data. Rotate symbols counterclockwise with the given value or with the value from a map table column

- *Width*

   Available for line data. Set line width in points or take the value from a map table column.

- *Add map elements*

  Add map elements: legend, scalebar, map info, text

- *Add legend*

  Add raster or vector legend or edit their properties.

- *Add map info*

  Add information about region, grid and scale or edit map info properties.

- *Add scalebar*

  Add scalebar or edit its properties.

- *Add text*

  Add text label.

- *Remove selected element*

  Select an object and remove it. Pressing Delete key does the same.

- *Show preview*

   Generates output and switches to Preview mode to see the result. Be patient, it can take a while.

- *Generate hardcopy map output in PS*

   Generates hardcopy map output in PostScript/EPS file.

- *Generate hardcopy map output in PDF*

   Generates hardcopy map output in PDF using ps2pdf.

## SEE ALSO

*wxGUI*\
 *wxGUI components*

See also wiki page.

## AUTHORS

Anna Kratochvilova, Czech Technical Univesity (CTU) in Prague, Czech Republic (bachelor's final project 2011, mentor: Martin Landa)

*$Date: 2013-02-15 23:04:18 +0100 (Fri, 15 Feb 2013) $*

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