NAME
r.in.shape - Read an ArcView Shapefile (polygons and lines)
SYNOPSIS
r.in.shape in=name
out=name
[cat=category column] [lab=category label column]
DESCRIPTION
The r.in.shape program is designed to import ArcView
Shapefiles (polygons and lines) into GRASS binary raster maps.
OPTIONS
Parameters:
- in=name
- Name of input shape file. Provide a full path name or the name
of a file in the current directory. The .shp extension is
required.
- out=name
- Raster output file.
- cat=category_column
- Name of the attribute to use as the category number in dig_att.
Category column must be integer.
- lab=label_column
- Name of the attribute to use as the category label in dig_cats.
NOTE
r.in.shape creates ASCII file first and then run r.in.poly.
SEE ALSO
v.in.shape,
v.to.rast.
AUTHORS
Radim Blazek (Radim.Blazek@dhv.cz)
Based on Shapelib (http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/shapelib/)
Last changed: $Date$