ann - Simple annotation

Name

ann — Annotation of contour lines

Syntax

ann [ size ] [f nx ny ] ;# fast and simple annotation of line contours

Description

Annotation of contour lines. It distributes annotation numbers in an nx times ny scheme. Default is 8 x 8. A more cartographic annotation is made by the sma command.

Arguments

size

Set size of annotation numbers.

f

Specify frequency of annotation numbers.

nx

Annotation frequency in x. Default 8.

ny

Annotation frequency in y. Default 8.

Examples

Ex.1: Simple annotation of contours

        # a grid is assumed to be in active workspace
        acm n 11 sma ; # color bands and spline contours
        col bla ; # black color for annotation numbers
        ann 1.4 f 7 7 ; # fast annotation

The above example produces this image.

Fast and simple annotation of contour map

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