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NAME

g.gui.mapswipe - Interactively compares two maps by swiping a visibility bar.

KEYWORDS

general, GUI, display

SYNOPSIS

g.gui.mapswipe
g.gui.mapswipe --help
g.gui.mapswipe [first=name] [second=name] [mode=string] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

first=name
First (top/right) raster map
second=name
Second (bottom/left) raster map
mode=string
View mode
Options: swipe, mirror
Default: swipe
swipe: swiping the upper map layer to show the map layer below
mirror: synchronized maps side by side

Table of contents

DESCRIPTION

The Map Swipe is a wxGUI component which allows the user to interactively compare two raster maps of the same area by revealing different parts of the raster maps. It is useful e.g. for comparing raster maps from different time periods. Map Swipe can be launched from the menu File -> Map Swipe.

Map Swipe allows you to:


Map swipe screenshot
Pre and post disaster images of the tsunami in Japan in 2011. The upper MODIS image taken on February 26, 2011, shows the coastline under normal conditions while the lower MODIS image on March 13, 2011, shows a clear view of tsunami flooding along the coastline. Water, black and dark blue in these false-color images, still covers the ground as much as five kilometers (three miles) from the coast. Source: Earth Observatory/NASA

SEE ALSO

wxGUI
wxGUI components

See also the user wiki page.

AUTHOR

Anna Kratochvilova, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

$Date: 2012-03-07 13:21:57 +0100 (Wed, 07 Mar 2012) $

SOURCE CODE

Available at: wxGUI Map Swipe source code (history)


Note: A new GRASS GIS stable version has been released: GRASS GIS 7.4, available here.
Updated manual page: here

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