NAME
PNGdriver - driver to create PNG images
(drivers)
DESCRIPTION
The PNG driver generates PNG pictures from GRASS display commands.
USAGE
Environment variables
Several environment variables effect the operation
of the PNG driver.
- GRASS_WIDTH=xxx
the width of the image map (default is
640).
- GRASS_HEIGHT=yyy
the height of the image map (default is
480).
- GRASS_PNGFILE=filename
the filename to put the resulting image in, default is map.png.
- GRASS_BACKGROUNDCOLOR=RRGGBB
specifies the background color to use in RGB
notation (hex values). Default is FFFFFF (white).
- GRASS_TRANSPARENT=[TRUE|FALSE]
sets transparent background on (TRUE) or off (FALSE,
default).
Example
- Start up the driver
d.mon start=PNG
d.mon select=PNG
- Display text strings (HREF's) and polygons
d.area map=someareamap fillcolor=green linecolor=black
d.vect map=somevectormap color=red
- Stop the driver when all polygon have been displayed. This will cause a
file named map.png to be created in your current directory.
d.mon stop=PNG
NOTES
The PNG driver uses the Gd library
(http://www.boutell.com/gd/) developed by Boutell.Com, Inc. The Gd library
in turn relies on libpng (see the libpng home page) and zlib (see
the info-zip home
page), all which needs to be installed for the PNG driver to work (it's
worth it).
Note that the PNG driver is limited to 8bit colors (due to libgd1.x
limitations).
SEE ALSO
HTMLMAP driver,
celldriver,
XDRIVER,
d.area,
d.mon,
d.vect
AUTHOR
Per Henrik Johansen
phj@norgit.no
NORGIT AS