DESCRIPTION
r.contour produces a vector map of specified contours from input raster map.
Contours can be produced using a comma-separated list of values
in levels, or at some regular increment using the step
parameter, using minlevel and maxlevel as minimum and
maximum contour values, respectively. If no minlevel
or maxlevel is specified, the minimum and maximum cell values
in the input raster map will be used.
NOTES
r.contour will either step through incremental contours or produce
contours from a list of levels, not both. If both a list of levels and
a step are specified, the list will be produced and the step will be ignored.
Zero is treated as a valid data value by r.contour.
If a contour level exactly matches a category value in the raster map,
the contour line may backtrack on itself, causing illegal arcs to be produced
in the output vector map.
The optional cut parameter allows the user to specify a minimum number of
raster cells eligilble to be included in a contour line written to the output
vector map. It acts like a filter, omitting spurs, single points, etc., making the output more generalized.
EXAMPLES
In the Spearfish location, produce a vector contour map from input raster elevation.dem
with contour levels from 1000m to 2000m, 100m contour step, and a minimum of 200 input raster
points contributing to the contour line:
r.contour input=elevation.dem output=elevation_dem_contours minlevel=1000 maxlevel=2000 step=100 cut=200
North Carolina example:
g.region raster=elev_lid792_1m -p
r.contour input=elev_lid792_1m output=elev_lid792_1m_contours minlevel=100 maxlevel=150 step=10
AUTHORS
Terry Baker, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
3/2001: cut parameter and fixes by Andrea Aime (aaime@libero.it)
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