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+<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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+<b>Note:</b> <em>wxGUI Hardcopy Map Utility is currently under
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+development.</em>
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+<p>
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+<b>wxGUI Hardcopy Map Utility</b> also called <em>wx.psmap</em> is
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+a <em><a href="wxGUI.html">wxGUI</a></em> extension which allows the
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+user to create interactively hardcopy map outputs. This tool
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+generates <em><a href="ps.map.html">ps.map</a></em> configuration file
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+and then runs <em><a href="ps.map.html">ps.map</a></em> to create
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+PostScript output. There are two modes - <em>Draft mode</em> for map
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+composing and <em>Preview mode</em> to see how the result will look
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+like. In draft mode map features (like legend or scalebar) are
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+represented by a colored rectangle with a label.</p>
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+
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+<p>
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+Possible output files:</p>
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+<ul>
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+ <li> <em><a href="ps.map.html">ps.map</a></em> instructions file
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+ <li> PostScript/EPS file
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+ <li> PDF (using ps2pdf)
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+</ul>
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+<p>
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+Hardcopy Map Utility enables to load in saved instructions file. It
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+works better with files created by wx.psmap (more tested).</p>
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+<p>
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+Currently supported <em><a href="ps.map.html">ps.map</a></em> instructions:</p>
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+
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+<ul>
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+ <li> paper
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+ <li> maploc
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+ <li> scale
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+ <li> border
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+ <li> raster
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+ <li> colortable
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+ <li> vpoints
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+ <li> vlines
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+ <li> vareas
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+ <li> vlegend
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+ <li> text
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+ <li> scalebar
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+ <li> mapinfo
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+</ul>
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+<h3>HARDCOPY MAP UTILITY TOOLBAR</h3>
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+<dl>
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+ <dt><img src="icons/script-save.png">
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+ <em>Generate instructions file</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Generates and saves text file with mapping instructions.</dd>
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/script-load.png">
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+ <em>Load instructions file</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Load text file with mapping instructions.</dd>
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/page-settings.png">
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+ <em>Page setup</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Specify paper size, margins and orientation.</dd>
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/pointer.png">
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+ <em>Pointer</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Select object on the paper by clicking, drag the cursor while pressing the left mouse button to move it or resize object (currently only map frame) by clicking on a small black box in its bottom right corner. Double click to show object properties dialog</dd>
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/pan.png">
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+ <em>Pan</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Drag the pan cursor while pressing the left mouse button to move your view. </dd>
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+
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/zoom-in.png">
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+ <em>Zoom in</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Interactive zooming with the mouse in both draft and preview mode. Drawing a box or just a left click with the mouse and zoom-in cursor causes the display to zoom in so that the area defined by the box fills the display.</dd>
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+
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/zoom-out.png">
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+ <em>Zoom out</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Interactive zooming with the mouse in both draft and preview mode. Drawing a box or just a left click with the mouse and zoom-out cursor causes the display to zoom out so that the area displayed shrinks to fill the area defined by the box.</dd>
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/zoom-extent.png">
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+ <em>Zoom to page</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Zoom to display the entire page </dd>
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+
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/layer-add.png">
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+ <em>Map frame</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Click and drag to place map frame. If map frame is already drawn, open a dialog to set its properties. </dd>
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/layer-raster-add.png">
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+ <em>Raster map</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Shows a dialog to add or change the raster map.</dd>
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/layer-vector-add.png">
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+ <em>Vector map</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Shows a dialog to add or change current vector maps and their properties:
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+ <dl>
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+ <dt><em>Data selection</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Select data to draw:
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+
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+ <dl>
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+ <dt><em>Feature type</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Select which data type to draw. In case of point data, points or centroids
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+ can be drawn, in case of line data, lines or boundaries. </dd>
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+ <dt><em>Layer selection</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Select layer and limit data by a SQL query or chose only certain categories.</dd>
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+ <dt><em>Mask</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Whether to use mask or not.</dd>
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+ </dl>
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+ </dd>
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+
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+ <dt><em>Colors</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Color settings:
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+
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+ <dl>
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+ <dt><em>Outline</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Select outline color and width in points. In case of lines, outline means highlighting.</dd>
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+ <dt><em>Fill</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Select fill color, one color for all vector elements or color from rgb column.</dd>
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+ </dl>
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+ </dd>
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+ <dt><em>Size and style</em></dt>
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+ <dd>
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+ Sets size, style, symbols, pattern; depends on data type:
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+
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+ <dl>
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+ <dt><em>Symbology</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Available for point data. Choose symbol or EPS file to draw points with.</dd>
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+ <dt><em>Line style</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Available for line data. Select line style (solid, dashed, ...) and the look of the ends of the line (butt, round, ...)</dd>
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+ <dt><em>Pattern</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Available for areas. Choose pattern file and set the width of the pattern.</dd>
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+ <dt><em>Size</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Available for point data. Choose size (number of times larger than the size in the icon file) as a single value or take the size from a map table column.</dd>
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+ <dt><em>Rotation</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Available for point data. Rotate symbols counterclockwise with the given value or with the value from a map table column</dd>
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+ <dt><em>Width</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Available for line data. Set line width in points or take the value from a map table column.</dd>
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+ </dl>
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+ </dd>
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+
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+
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+ </dl>
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+ </dd>
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+
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/overlay-add.png">
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+ <em>Add map elements</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Add map elements: legend, scalebar, map info, text
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+ <dl>
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+ <dt><img src="icons/legend-add.png">
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+ <em>Add legend</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Add raster or vector legend or edit their properties.</dd>
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+ <dt><img src="icons/map-info.png">
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+ <em>Add map info</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Add information about region, grid and scale or edit map info properties.</dd>
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+ <dt><img src="icons/scalebar-add.png">
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+ <em>Add scalebar</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Add scalebar or edit its properties.</dd>
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+ <dt><img src="icons/text-add.png">
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+ <em>Add text</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Add text label.</dd>
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+ </dl>
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+ </dd>
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+ <dt><img src="icons/layer-remove.png">
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+ <em>Remove selected element</em></dt>
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+ <dd>Select an object and remove it. Pressing Delete key does the same. </dd>
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/execute.png">
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+ <em>Show preview</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Generates output and switches to Preview mode to see the result. Be patient, it can take a while.</dd>
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+
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+
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+ <dt><img src="icons/ps-export.png">
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+ <em>Generate hardcopy map output in PS</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Generates hardcopy map output in PostScript/EPS file.</dd>
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+ <dt><img src="icons/pdf-export.png">
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+ <em>Generate hardcopy map output in PDF</em></dt>
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+ <dd> Generates hardcopy map output in PDF using ps2pdf.</dd>
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+
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+</dl>
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+
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+<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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+
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+<em>
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+ <a href="wxGUI.html">wxGUI</a>
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+</em>
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+
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+<p>
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+Other wxGUI components:<br>
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+<em>
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+ <a href="wxGUI.Vector_Digitizer.html">Vector Digitizer</a><br>
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+ <a href="wxGUI.Attribute_Table_Manager.html">Attribute Table Manager</a><br>
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+ <a href="wxGUI.Nviz.html">3D Viewer</a><br>
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+ <a href="wxGUI.GCP_Manager.html">Manage Ground Control Points</a><br>
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+</em>
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+</p>
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+<p>
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+See also <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxGUI_Hardcopy_Map_Output_Utility">wiki</a> page.
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+</p>
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+<h2>AUTHORS</h2>
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+Anna Kratochvilova, Czech Technical Univesity (CTU) in Prague, Czech Republic (bachelor's final project 2011, mentor: Martin Landa)
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+<p>
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+<i>$Date$</i></p>
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