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NAME
d.vect.chart  - Displays charts of vector data in the active frame on the graphics monitor.
KEYWORDS
display, cartography
SYNOPSIS
d.vect.chart
d.vect.chart help
d.vect.chart [-cl] map=name  [type=string[,string,...]]   [layer=integer]   [ctype=string]  columns=string[,string,...]  [sizecol=string]   [size=integer]   [scale=float]   [ocolor=string]   [colors=string[,string,...]]   [max_ref=float[,float,...]]   [--verbose]  [--quiet] 
Flags:
- -c
 
- Center the bar chart around a data point
 
- -l
 
- Create legend information and send to stdout
 
- --verbose
 
- Verbose module output
 
- --quiet
 
- Quiet module output
 
Parameters:
- map=name
 
- Name of input vector map
 
- type=string[,string,...]
 
- Feature type
 
- Options: point,line,boundary,centroid,area
 
- Default: point,line,boundary,centroid
 
- layer=integer
 
- Layer number
 
- A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use.
 
- Default: 1
 
- ctype=string
 
- Chart type
 
- Options: pie,bar
 
- Default: pie
 
- columns=string[,string,...]
 
- Attribute columns containing data
 
- sizecol=string
 
- Column used for pie chart size
 
- size=integer
 
- Size of chart (diameter for pie, total width for bar)
 
- Default: 40
 
- scale=float
 
- Scale for size (to get size in pixels)
 
- Default: 1
 
- ocolor=string
 
- Outline color
 
- Default: black
 
- colors=string[,string,...]
 
- Colors used to fill charts
 
- max_ref=float[,float,...]
 
- Maximum value used for bar plot reference
 
DESCRIPTION
d.vect.chart displays charts for GRASS vector data in the active frame on the graphics 
monitor.
NOTES
The charts are positioned as follows:
-  vector points: on point position
 -  vector lines: on line centers
 -  vector areas: on area centroids
 
Bar charts are placed with their lower edge starting from the y-coordinate of the feature being symbolized, and centered with respect to the x-coordinate. The -c flag can be used to center the bar chart in both x and y directions.
The 'sizecol' parameter is proportionate to the radius.
The optional max_ref parameter accepts a list of values that represent the maximum value for each column listed in the values for the parameter columns. These values are used to create a framed bar plot if ctype is bar (See Example 2).
EXAMPLES
Example 1
d.vect.chart map=vectmap columns=cens51,cens61,cens71,cens81
 
Example 2
Create framed bar graphs of an erodibiliy index from the SPEARFISH dataset.
r.to.vect -s -v in=erode.index out=erode_index feature=area 
v.extract in=erode_index out=erode_index_ctrds type=centroid 
d.rast aspect
d.vect.chart map=erode_index_ctrds ctype=bar columns=cat \
             size=10 max_ref=12 scale=1.5 colors=yellow 
d.vect erode_index_ctrds icon=basic/circle fcol=black col=black size=5
 
Example screenshot (zoomed):
SEE ALSO
d.erase,
d.vect,
d.vect.thematic,
d.what.vect,
d.rast
AUTHOR
Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy
Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 02:23:26 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $
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