NAME
s.to.vect - Converts a GRASS site_lists file into
a vector file.
(GRASS Sites Program)
SYNOPSIS
s.to.vect
s.to.vect help
s.to.vect [-p] input=name
output=name [cat=type,index]
DESCRIPTION
s.to.vect converts GRASS site_lists
file into vector files. The resulting vector file can be
treated as any other vector file. The requirements of the
site_lists file are standard (i.e., a regular
site_lists file format is required).
site_lists file values are used as
dig_cats category values.
OPTIONS
Flags:
- -p
- Don't prompt for map header information.
Parameters:
- input=name
- Name of input GRASS site_lists file to be
converted.
- output=name
- Name to be assigned to the vector output file.
- cat=type,index
- Field type ("string", "dim", or "decimal") and index to use
for the vector category value. By default, the category number
is used. The type is the site_lists attribute type
of "string", "dim" (or dimension), or "decimal". The index is a
positive integer attribute number for the specified type. That is,
the second "string" attribute would be "2" or the fourth dimension would be
"four". For the "dim" type, the index must be greater than 2.
NOTES
The specification for site_lists allows category numbers to be missing
or to be floating point. Since attributes in vector layers are
linked by positive integers, when a site_lists file has floating
point or missing category numbers, a positive sequential numbering is used
instead. This may have the unfortunate side-effect of generating different
category numbers for category values that are exactly the same.
AUTHOR
R.L. Glenn, USDA, SCS, NHQ-CGIS
GRASS 5.0 Team
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