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NAME

v.what - Queries a vector map layer at given locations

KEYWORDS

vector

SYNOPSIS

v.what
v.what help
v.what [-da] map=name[,name,...] east_north=east,north[,east,north,...] [distance=float]

Flags:

-d
Print topological information (debugging)
-a
Print attribute information

Parameters:

map=name[,name,...]
Name of input vector map
east_north=east,north[,east,north,...]
Coordinates for query
distance=float
Query threshold distance
Default: 0

DESCRIPTION

v.what Outputs the category number value(s) associated with user-specified location(s) in user-specified vector map layer(s). This module was derived from the d.what.vect module by removing all interactive code and modification of the output for easy parsing.

EXAMPLE

Spearfish example:
v.what fields east_north=599121.75,4922981.125

SEE ALSO

d.what.vect

AUTHOR

Trevor Wiens
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Last changed: $Date: 2007/04/25 21:09:44 $


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