[GRASS-user] General Question

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Hello all,

I am new to GRASS, just beginning a migration from Manifold. Is there a way in GRASS and/orQGIS to select different versions of a north arrow as well as modify the scale bar in a legend for printing maps? In playing around with the applications and reading what I could find on the subject, there seems to be one choice for a north arrow and one choice for a scale bar.

Thanks in advance,
Bob

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Well, d.barscale in GRASS seems to give you two choices for scale bar (bar
vs. line): http://grass.itc.it/grass64/manuals/html64_user/d.barscale.html
but that still isn't too many...

The QGIS print window has at least a few parameters you can adjust for the
barscale (at least bar and line, but maybe more than that - plus adjust
size, coloring, units, etc). I'm not sure about modifying the north arrow,
though.

Bob Byer wrote:

Hello all,

I am new to GRASS, just beginning a migration from Manifold. Is there a
way in GRASS and/orQGIS to select different versions of a north arrow as
well as modify the scale bar in a legend for printing maps? In playing
around with the applications and reading what I could find on the subject,
there seems to be one choice for a north arrow and one choice for a scale
bar.

Thanks in advance,
Bob

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Tim Holland wrote:

Well, d.barscale in GRASS seems to give you two choices for scale bar (bar
vs. line): [http://grass.itc.it/grass64/manuals/html64_user/d.barscale.html](http://grass.itc.it/grass64/manuals/html64_user/d.barscale.html)
but that still isn't too many... 

The QGIS print window has at least a few parameters you can adjust for the
barscale (at least bar and line, but maybe more than that - plus adjust
size, coloring, units, etc).  I'm not sure about modifying the north arrow,
though.

In the QGIS Print composer, a North Arrow is added just like adding an image. AFter you click on the Add Image button, and place the image into the map, a window opens with a list of default icons/images, and among them some simple choices for north arrows.

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Hi Bob,

I am new to GRASS, just beginning a migration
from Manifold. Is there a way in GRASS and/orQGIS to
select different versions of a north arrow as well as modify
the scale bar in a legend for printing maps? In
playing around with the applications and reading what I
could find on the subject, there seems to be one choice for
a north arrow and one choice for a scale bar.

d.barscale has a number of optional flags to play with: -l, -n, -s

also use can use d.graph to throw up one of the Symbols, see
  http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/IconSymbols

for cartography purposes ps.map (and ps.output in wiki/svn addons)
besides the provided north arrow symbols and it's own fancy/plain
scalebar, allows you to draw any .eps file (* and it's easy to convert
..svg to .eps) on the map. Some examples here:

http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/IconSymbols#Other_contributions
(e.g. http://www.esf.edu/la/resources/GOL/north/2D_vector/default.htm)
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Ps.map_scripts#Creating_a_fancy_North_Arrow
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Ps.map_scripts#Converting_SVG_to_EPS

d.legend has lots to explore as well, but that's another story.

regards,
Hamish