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.TH ASCII2PS "1" "September 2017" "ascii2ps v1.1 Doris software, TUDELFT, (c)1999-2009" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
ascii2ps \- create a postscript file of the data in the 3 column ASCII input file
.SH DESCRIPTION
ascii2ps v1.1 Doris software, TUDELFT, (c)1999\-2009
.IP
USAGE:
.TP
ascii2ps
3col_asciifile
.IP
Create a postscript file of the data in the 3 column ASCII input file
containing "lon lat hei" triplets (output of lonlathei2ascii
program).  GMT is used to interpolate these irregularly distributed
data to a grid.
.IP
This script is intended to be transparent and understandable.
Please adapt this script to your own needs.  (lambda=longitude).
For example, here one could easily set the correct approximate
height of the terrain.
.IP
The output is a postscript file named "temp.ps".
.IP
The steps foreseen to be taken are:
.IP
[before running this, create a three column ascii file with lon lat hei
.IP
using philamh2ascii program.
AND optionally convert this 3 column file to UTM coordinates
using ascii2ascii_UTM
.IP
]
2) Call GMT program xyz2grd to perform interpolation of this data.
.IP
the number of points in the output grid is 300.
.IP
3) call GMT program cpt to create a color table
4) call GMT program to create a postscript file
5) call ghostview to view output.
.TP
This script can serve as an example.
If you want to have another resolution
.IP
output grid, for example exactly 100x100 meters, then you will have
to change this script.
With the public domain software PROJ, you can easily convert the
WGS coordinates (Doris output) to X,Y values, and then use this script.
See the script ascii2ascii_UTM for an example how to do this for WGS
to UTM coordinates conversion.
.IP
DEPENDENCIES:
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GMT tools (gmtset, minmax, xyz2grd, grd2cpt, psbasemap
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psscale, grdgradient, psmask, grdimage, pscoast)
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standard UNIX (echo, csh, rm, etc.)
ghostview
.IP
EXAMPLE:
.IP
ascii2ps lonlathei.dat
.IP
ascii2ps xyz_UTM.dat
.IP
SEE ALSO:
.IP
cpxfiddle, http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/
.IP
USAGE:
.TP
ascii2ps
3col_asciifile
.IP
Create a postscript file of the data in the 3 column ASCII input file
containing "lon lat hei" triplets (output of lonlathei2ascii
program).  GMT is used to interpolate these irregularly distributed
data to a grid.
.IP
This script is intended to be transparent and understandable.
Please adapt this script to your own needs.  (lambda=longitude).
For example, here one could easily set the correct approximate
height of the terrain.
.IP
The output is a postscript file named "temp.ps".
.IP
The steps foreseen to be taken are:
.IP
[before running this, create a three column ascii file with lon lat hei
.IP
using philamh2ascii program.
AND optionally convert this 3 column file to UTM coordinates
using ascii2ascii_UTM
.IP
]
2) Call GMT program xyz2grd to perform interpolation of this data.
.IP
the number of points in the output grid is 300.
.IP
3) call GMT program cpt to create a color table
4) call GMT program to create a postscript file
5) call ghostview to view output.
.TP
This script can serve as an example.
If you want to have another resolution
.IP
output grid, for example exactly 100x100 meters, then you will have
to change this script.
With the public domain software PROJ, you can easily convert the
WGS coordinates (Doris output) to X,Y values, and then use this script.
See the script ascii2ascii_UTM for an example how to do this for WGS
to UTM coordinates conversion.
.IP
DEPENDENCIES:
.IP
GMT tools (gmtset, minmax, xyz2grd, grd2cpt, psbasemap
.IP
psscale, grdgradient, psmask, grdimage, pscoast)
.IP
standard UNIX (echo, csh, rm, etc.)
ghostview
.IP
EXAMPLE:
.IP
ascii2ps lonlathei.dat
.IP
ascii2ps xyz_UTM.dat
.IP
SEE ALSO:
.IP
cpxfiddle, http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B ascii2ps
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B ascii2ps
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info ascii2ps
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.