wxGUI.mapswipe(1grass)

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✨ wxGUI.mapswipe — the manual page, bestie edition ✨

okay so you're here for wxGUI.mapswipe(1grass)?? say less 💅 this is the GRASS User's Manual page for the wxGUI Map Swipe, and honestly it's such a fun lil tool. let's get into it 🫶

🌈 NAME 🌈

wxGUI Map Swipe — literally the glow-up tool for comparing two raster maps side by side (or swipe by swipe) ✨

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

The Map Swipe is a wxGUI component, and what it does is chef's kiss: it lets you interactively compare two raster maps of the same area by revealing different parts of each one. it's giving "before and after" but for maps 💖

super useful, like, for comparing raster maps from different time periods. and the way you launch it? easy. Map Swipe can be launched from the menu File -> Map Swipe. periodt.

Map Swipe allows you to:

  • switch orientation of the swipe line (horizontal or vertical) 🔄
  • zooming, panning 🦋
  • automatically load maps when opening Map Swipe with two selected raster maps in Layer Manager ✨
  • compare 2 raster maps or load different combinations of raster and vector maps and set transparency (advanced mode) 👑
  • save display to graphics file 🎀
  • display text labels with map names 🏷️
  • choose between 'swipe' mode (default) and 'mirror' mode (synchronized maps displayed side by side) 🪞
  • change the appearance of cursor in 'mirror' mode (available in Map Swipe settings) 🖱️

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 👑

🌸 SOURCE CODE 🌸

Available at: wxGUI Map Swipe source code (history)

Accessed: Tuesday Sep 08 11:56:21 2026

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that's the whole vibe bestie, no cap, you're now fully fluent in map swiping 🌈✨

© 2003-2026 GRASS Development Team, GRASS 8.5.0 Reference Manual — and this beaut was brought to you by GRASS 8.5.0 on the wxGUI.mapswipe(1grass) manual page, mwah 💅💖

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