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NAME
     d.to.sites - Allows the user to create a GRASS site_lists
     file by selecting points on the graphics monitor with a
     mouse.
     (SCS GRASS Map Development Program)

SYNOPSIS
     d.to.sites
     d.to.sites help
     d.to.sites sites=name

DESCRIPTION
     This program allows a user to create a new GRASS site_lists
     file by selecting locations within the active display frame.
     The user is prompted for the label that is placed in the
     site_lists file with the corresponding geographic
     coordinates.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
     Parameter:

     sites=name	       The name to be assigned to the GRASS
		       site_list file to be created.

EXAMPLE
     For example, to create a site_lists file called SAMPLE:

	  d.to.sites sites=SAMPLE

     The user is promted as follows:

	  Enter the label to place in the site file : SAMPLE

     Buttons
	  Left:	   Place Label Here
	  Middle:  Change the label
	  Right:   Quit

     Note:  The site_lists file must not already exist.

SEE ALSO
     d.frame, d.what, d.zoom, d.sites, s.db.rim, s.menu

AUTHOR
     M.L.Holko, USDA, SCS, NHQ-CGIS


NOTICE
     This program is part of the contrib section of the GRASS
     distribution.  As such, it is externally contributed code
     that has not been examined or tested by the Office of GRASS
     Integration.



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