NAME

v.label - makes a label-file from a GRASS vector.
(GRASS Vector Program)

SYNOPSIS

v.label
v.label help
v.label map=name [type=type] text=name label=name [xoffset=value] [yoffset=value] [reference=name] [font=name] [size=value] [color=name] [width=value] [hcolor=name] [hwidth=value] [background=name] [border=name] [opaque=name] [space=value]

DESCRIPTION

v.label makes a label-file from a GRASS vector file. Labels are read from text file which contains category and label on each row separated by space. Example of text file:
 
1 Kamenice
2 Cerna Desna
3 Bila Desna

In current version only lines are labeled and label is created along line.

PARAMETERS

map
Name of a vector
text
Full path to text file containing labels
label
Name of a paint-label file
xoffset
Offset label in x-direction
default: 0
yoffset
Offset label in y-direction
default: 0
reference
Reference position
options: center,left,right,upper,lower
default: center
font
Font
default: standard
size
Label size (in map-units)
options: 1-1000
default: 100
color
Text color
options: aqua,black,blue,brown,cyan,gray,green,grey,indigo, magenta, orange,purple,red,violet,white,yellow
default: black
width
Line width of text (only for p.map output)
options: 1-100
default: 1
hcolor
Highlight color for text (only for p.map output)
options: none,aqua,black,blue,brown,cyan,gray,green,grey, indigo,magenta, orange,purple,red,violet,white,yellow
default: none
hwidth
Line width of highlight color (only for p.map output)
options: 0-100
default: 0
background
Background color
options: none,aqua,black,blue,brown,cyan,gray,green,grey, indigo,magenta, orange,purple,red,violet,white,yellow
default: none
border
Border color
options: none,aqua,black,blue,brown,cyan,gray,green,grey, indigo,magenta, orange,purple,red,violet,white,yellow
default: none
opaque
Opaque to vector (only relevant if background color is selected)
options: yes,no
default: yes
space
Space between letters (in map-units)
options: 1-100000
default: 100

NOTE

Rotated labels produced by this module are supported by ps.map only.

AUTHOR

Philip Verhagen (original s.label)
Radim Blazek