GRASS GIS manual: v.in.lines

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NAME

v.in.lines - Import ASCII x,y[,z] coordinates as a series of lines.

KEYWORDS

vector, import

SYNOPSIS

v.in.lines
v.in.lines help
v.in.lines [-z] input=string output=string [fs=character] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

-z: Create a 3D line from 3 column data
--overwrite: Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output

Parameters:

input=string: Name of input file (or "-" to read from stdin)
output=string: Name for output vector map
fs=character: Field separator; Default: |

DESCRIPTION

Imports a stream of ASCII x,y[,z] coordinates as a line or series of lines.

NOTES

Input ASCII coordinates are simply a series of "x y" data points. Lines are separated by a row containing "NaN NaN".

The user can import 3D lines by providing 3 columns of data in the input stream and using the -z flag.

This script is a simple wrapper around the v.in.mapgen module.

EXAMPLE

v.in.lines in=- out=two_lines fs=, <<EOF
167.846717,-46.516653
167.846663,-46.516645
167.846656,-46.516644
167.846649,-46.516644
167.846642,-46.516643
NaN,NaN
167.846520,-46.516457
167.846528,-46.516461
167.846537,-46.516464
167.846535,-46.516486
167.846544,-46.516489
167.846552,-46.516493
EOF

v.category in=two_lines out=lines_with_cats option=add

AUTHOR

Hamish Bowman
Dunedin, New Zealand

Last changed: $Date: 2011-09-04 06:23:01 -0700 (Sun, 04 Sep 2011) $

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