NAME
v.in.mapgen - Import Mapgen or Matlab vector maps into GRASS.
KEYWORDS
vector, import
SYNOPSIS
v.in.mapgen
v.in.mapgen help
v.in.mapgen [-f] input=string [output=string] [--overwrite]
Flags:
- -f
- Input map is in Matlab format
- --overwrite
- Force overwrite of output files
Parameters:
- input=string
- name of input file in Mapgen/Matlab format
- output=string
- name for new vector map (omit for display to stdout)
DESCRIPTION
v.in.mapgen allows the user to import Mapgen or Matlab vector maps
into GRASS.
NOTES
This module only imports data into vector lines.
You can get coastline data in Mapgen or Matlab format from NOAA's Coastline
Extractor at
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/shorelines.html.
Matlab vector maps are simply a series of x,y data points. Lines are
separated by a row containing NaN NaN. The array should start
with a NaN row as well. Output from Matlab with this command:
save filename.txt arrayname -ASCII
SEE ALSO
v.in.ascii
AUTHORS
Based on v.in.mapgen.sh for GRASS 5.0 by Andreas Lange
Rewritten for GRASS 6 by Hamish Bowman
Last changed: $Date: 2005/06/04 11:33:01 $
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