DESCRIPTION

NOTES

By default d.vect fills in holes in polygons (islands). If you only want to show active areas limit the features with, e.g.,

d.vect map=vector_map cats=1-999999

In order to display attributes in the map, display=attr must be specified in addition to the column name (attrcol parameter).

Colors may be specified in an attribute table column named 'GRASSRGB' (which is a varchar(11) column containing RRR:GGG:BBB values), see the flag -a.

A table for a vector map might look like this:

db.select sql="select * from testisola"
cat|label|GRASSRGB
0|no data|255:255:255
90|FRASSILONGO|23:245:67
104|LEVICO|23:145:67
139|PERGINE VALSUGANA|223:45:237
168|SANT'ORSOLA|223:45:67
190|TENNA|123:45:67

To add the GRASSRGB color column, use v.db.addcol:

v.db.addcol map=testisola columns="GRASSRGB varchar(11)"

To add/change a color, use v.db.update:

v.db.update map=testisola column=GRASSRGB value="123:45:237" where="cat=139"

A much simpler method of color coding is by using the -c flag which displays vector elements of like category number with a random color.

This module can use FreeType/TrueType fonts if they have already been selected with d.font.

Parameter width is set by default to '0'. XDRIVER specifies the precise behaviour for non-zero line width, but drivers have some freedom as to how zero-width lines are handled, so they can use the hardware's "thin line" drawing primitive, if it has one. A width of zero can potentially result in significantly faster operation. On drivers where there is no such thing as a "thin" line, the driver will use a sensible default (which might not be the same as '1').

EXAMPLES

# display roads with category numbers:
d.vect map=roads display=shape,cat lcolor=green

# display randomly colorized soils map with attributes
d.vect -c map=soils display=attr attrcol=label

# display randomly colorized selected vectors from soils map
d.vect -c map=soils where="label='VBF'" display=shape,attr attrcol=label

3D points, 3D lines and 3D polygons colorized according to z height:

g.region rast=elevation.10m
r.random input=elevation.10m n=5000 vector=random3d -d
d.mon start=x0
# display as black points
d.vect map=random3d
# display 3D points colorized according to z height
d.vect -z map=random3d zcolor=gyr

# 3D contour lines
r.contour input=elevation.10m output=contour20m step=20
d.vect -z map=contour20m zcolor=gyr

# generate 3D triangles
v.delaunay input=random3d output=random3d_del
# display 3D polygons colorized according to z height
d.vect -z map=random3d_del type=area zcolor=gyr

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