NAME

v.label - Create paint labels for GRASS vector file and attached attributes.

SYNOPSIS

v.label
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v.label [-a] map=string [type=string[,string,...]] [layer=integer] column=string labels=string [xoffset=float] [yoffset=float] [reference=string] [font=string] [size=float] [color=string] [width=float] [hcolor=string] [hwidth=float] [background=string] [border=string] [opaque=string] [space=float]

Flags:

-a
Create labels along lines

Parameters:

map=string
Name of input vector
type=string[,string,...]
Type
Options: point,line,boundary,centroid
Default: point,line,boundary,centroid
layer=integer
Layer number
Default: 1
column=string
Name of attribute column to be used for labels
labels=string
Name of a paint-label file
xoffset=float
Offset label in x-direction
Default: 0
yoffset=float
Offset label in y-direction
Default: 0
reference=string
Reference position
Options: center,left,right,upper,lower
Default: center
font=string
Font
Default: standard
size=float
Label size (in map-units)
Default: 100
color=string
Text color
Options: aqua,black,blue,brown,cyan,gray,green,grey,indigo,magenta, orange,purple,red,violet,white,yellow
Default: black
width=float
Border width (only for ps.map output)
Default: 1
hcolor=string
Highlight color for text (only for ps.map output)
Options: none,aqua,black,blue,brown,cyan,gray,green,grey,indigo,magenta, orange,purple,red,violet,white,yellow
Default: none
hwidth=float
Line width of highlight color (only for ps.map output)
Default: 0
background=string
Background color
Options: none,aqua,black,blue,brown,cyan,gray,green,grey,indigo,magenta, orange,purple,red,violet,white,yellow
Default: none
border=string
Border color
Options: none,aqua,black,blue,brown,cyan,gray,green,grey,indigo,magenta, orange,purple,red,violet,white,yellow
Default: none
opaque=string
Opaque to vector (only relevant if background color is selected)
Options: yes,no
Default: yes
space=float
Space between letters (in map-units)
Default: 100

DESCRIPTION

v.label makes a label-file from a GRASS vector file and labels loaded from attached attribute table.

NOTE

Rotated labels produced by this module are supported by ps.map only.

AUTHOR

Philip Verhagen (original s.label)
Radim Blazek

Last changed: $Date: 2003/08/13 09:23:31 $


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