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NAME

d.barscale - Displays a barscale on the graphics monitor.

KEYWORDS

display, cartography

SYNOPSIS

d.barscale
d.barscale help
d.barscale [-mfltns] [bcolor=name] [tcolor=name] [at=x,y] [fontsize=integer] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

-m
Use mouse to interactively place scale
-f
Use feet/miles instead of meters
-l
Draw a line scale instead of a bar scale
-t
Write text on top of the scale, not to the right
-n
Draw a north arrow only
-s
Draw a scale bar only
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output

Parameters:

bcolor=name
Background color
Either a standard GRASS color, R:G:B triplet, or "none"
Default: white
tcolor=name
Text color
Either a standard color name or R:G:B triplet
Default: black
at=x,y
Screen coordinates of the rectangle's top-left corner
(0,0) is top-left of the display frame
Options: 0-100
Default: 0.0,0.0
fontsize=integer
Font size
Options: 1-72
Default: 14

DESCRIPTION

d.barscale displays a barscale on the graphics monitor using either the mouse or given screen coordinates. It can draw the scale in a couple of styles or simply draw a north arrow.

NOTE

d.barscale will not work in Lat/Lon locations as the horizontal scale distance changes with latitude. Try d.grid instead.

The -l flag will always draw a north arrow and a line scale together; it is currently not possible to draw a line scale without a north arrow. Instead, the -s flag can be used to draw a barscale only.

SEE ALSO

d.graph
d.grid
d.legend
d.measure
d.where
g.region

AUTHOR

unknown.

Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 03:29:50 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $


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