d.rast - GRASS GIS manual
Author: GRASS Development Team
Description: d.rast: Displays user-specified raster map in the active graphics frame.
Keywords: display, graphics, raster

## NAME

d.rast - Displays user-specified raster map in the active graphics frame.

## KEYWORDS

display, graphics, raster

## SYNOPSIS

d.rast
d.rast --help
d.rast [-ni] map=name [values=value[-value][,value[-value],...]] [bgcolor=color] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

### Flags:

-n
  Make null cells opaque
-i
  Invert value list
--help
  Print usage summary
--verbose
  Verbose module output
--quiet
  Quiet module output
--ui
  Force launching GUI dialog

### Parameters:

map=name [required]
  Name of raster map to be displayed
values=value[-value][,value[-value],...]
  List of categories or values to be displayed
bgcolor=color
  Background color (for null)
  Either a standard color name or R:G:B triplet
  Default: white

## DESCRIPTION

d.rast displays the specified raster map in the active display frame on the graphics monitor.

## EXAMPLE

Display raster map "elevation":

    d.rast map=elevation

Figure: elevation raster map visualization
Display raster map "elevation" but only the raster cells with values between 75 and 80 meters:

    d.rast map=elevation values=75-80

Figure: elevation raster map showing values between 75 and 80 meters
Display raster map "landuse96_28m" but only categories 1 and 2:

    d.rast landuse96_28m values=1,2

Figure: landuse raster map showing categories 1 and 2

## SEE ALSO

d.rast.arrow, d.rast.num, d.rast.leg, d.legend, d.mon, d.erase, d.vect

wxGUI

## AUTHOR

James Westervelt, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

## SOURCE CODE

Available at: d.rast source code (history)

Accessed: Thursday Jun 04 03:30:09 2026

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