d.to.rast(1)

NAME
d.to.rast - Saves the contents of the active display monitor to a raster map.

KEYWORDS
display, export, raster

SYNOPSIS
d.to.rast
d.to.rast --help
d.to.rast output=name [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

--overwrite
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help
    Print usage summary

--verbose
    Verbose module output

--quiet
    Quiet module output

--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

  Parameters:

output=name [required]
    Name for output raster map

DESCRIPTION
d.to.rast saves the content of the currently selected monitor into a raster map. The active monitor can be selected with d.mon. d.to.rast can be run from GUI Console tab, too. This module is not sensitive to computational region settings.

EXAMPLE
We combine different raster and vector map layers to create a composite layer which can be draped over elevation in 3D view. First, we add a couple of maps to layer manager:

g.region raster=elevation
d.rast map=elevation
d.rast map=lakes
d.vect map=roadsmajor width=4
d.vect map=roadsmajor width=2 color=yellow
# create a raster map from the display
d.to.rast output=composite

Then uncheck all layers except for elevation and switch to 3D view. In Data tab, set color map to the newly created composite map.

Figure: Raster map created by d.to.rast draped over digital elevation model.

SEE ALSO
d.out.file, d.erase, d.rast, d.vect, d.mon

AUTHOR
Anna Petrasova, NCSU GeoForAll Lab

SOURCE CODE

Available at: d.to.rast source code (history)

Accessed: Sunday Nov 23 13:18:05 2025

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