r.object.geometry(1)

NAME
r.object.geometry - Calculates geometry parameters for raster objects.

KEYWORDS
raster, statistics, reclass, clumps

SYNOPSIS
r.object.geometry
r.object.geometry --help
r.object.geometry [-m] input=name [output=name] [separator=character] format=name [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

-m
    Use meters as units instead of cells

--overwrite
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help
    Print usage summary

--verbose
    Verbose module output

--quiet
    Quiet module output

--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

  Parameters:

input=name [required]
    Name of input raster map

output=name
    Name for output file

separator=character
    Field separator
    Special characters: pipe, comma, space, tab, newline
    Default: pipe

format=name [required]
    Output format
    Options: plain, json
    Default: plain
    plain: Plain text output
    json: JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

DESCRIPTION

r.object.geometry calculates form statistics of raster objects in the input map and writes it to the output text file (or standard output if no output filename or ’-’ is given), with fields separated by the chosen separator. Objects are defined as clumps of adjacent cells with the same category value (e.g. output of r.clump or i.segment).

By default, values are in pixels. If values in meters is desired, the user can set the -m flag. If the current working region is in lat-long or has non-square pixels, using meters is recommended.

Statistics currently calculated are exactly the same as in v.to.db (except for compact_square and mean coordinates):

    •   area

    •   perimeter

    •   compact_square (compactness compared to a square: compact_square = 4 * sqrt(area) / perimeter)

    •   compact_circle (compactness compared to a circle: compact_circle = perimeter / ( 2 * sqrt(PI * area) ))

    •   fractal dimension ( fd = 2 * ( log(perimeter) / log(area + 0.001) ) )

    •   mean x coordinate of object (in map units)

    •   mean y coordinate of object (in map units)

EXAMPLE

g.region raster=soilsID
r.object.geometry input=soilsID output=soils_geom.txt

The format=json option can be used to change the output format to JSON:

r.object.geometry input=zipcodes format=json

[
    {
        "category": 1,
        "area": 106,
        "perimeter": 62,
        "compact_circle": 1.6987670351864215,
        "compact_square": 0.66423420264432265,
        "fd": 1.7699924681225903,
        "mean_x": 631382.07547169807,
        "mean_y": 222764.15094339623
    },
    {
        "category": 2,
        "area": 57,
        "perimeter": 36,
        "compact_circle": 1.3451172460704992,
        "compact_square": 0.83887049280786108,
        "fd": 1.772672742164326,
        "mean_x": 643460.52631578944,
        "mean_y": 217232.45614035087
    },
    {
        "category": 3,
        "area": 10,
        "perimeter": 16,
        "compact_circle": 1.4272992929222168,
        "compact_square": 0.79056941504209488,
        "fd": 2.4081353865496951,
        "mean_x": 631300,
        "mean_y": 215450
    },
    {
        "category": 4,
        "area": 63,
        "perimeter": 60,
        "compact_circle": 2.1324361862292305,
        "compact_square": 0.52915026221291817,
        "fd": 1.9764401337147652,
        "mean_x": 642345.23809523811,
        "mean_y": 226599.20634920636
    },
    {
        "category": 5,
        "area": 491,
        "perimeter": 156,
        "compact_circle": 1.9859985189304281,
        "compact_square": 0.56816717451693177,
        "fd": 1.6299200778082998,
        "mean_x": 637912.93279022397,
        "mean_y": 220636.96537678209
    },
    {
        "category": 6,
        "area": 83,
        "perimeter": 60,
        "compact_circle": 1.8578355639603314,
        "compact_square": 0.60736223860961991,
        "fd": 1.8531256328449071,
        "mean_x": 635846.38554216863,
        "mean_y": 227219.8795180723
    }
]

SEE ALSO
i.segment, r.clump, v.to.db

AUTHORS
Moritz Lennert
Markus Metz (diagonal clump tracing)

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.object.geometry source code (history)

Latest change: Thursday Nov 06 22:27:54 2025 in commit: 298b38614712934179355ea767403d6bfea8f5f9

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