r.in.poly
Creates raster maps from ASCII polygon/line/point data files.
r.in.poly input=name output=name [title=phrase] [type=string] [null=integer] [rows=integer] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--qq] [--ui]
Example:
r.in.poly input=name output=name
grass.script.run_command("r.in.poly", input, output, title=None, type="CELL", null=None, rows=4096, overwrite=False, verbose=False, quiet=False, superquiet=False)
Example:
gs.run_command("r.in.poly", input="name", output="name")
Parameters
input=name [required]
Name of input file; or "-" to read from stdin
output=name [required]
Name for output raster map
title=phrase
Title for resultant raster map
type=string
Type of raster map to be created
Storage type for resultant raster map
Allowed values: CELL, FCELL, DCELL
Default: CELL
CELL: Integer
FCELL: Single precision floating point
DCELL: Double precision floating point
null=integer
Integer representing NULL value data cell
rows=integer
Number of rows to hold in memory
Default: 4096
--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--qq
Very quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog
input : str, required
Name of input file; or "-" to read from stdin
Used as: input, file, name
output : str, required
Name for output raster map
Used as: output, raster, name
title : str, optional
Title for resultant raster map
Used as: phrase
type : str, optional
Type of raster map to be created
Storage type for resultant raster map
Allowed values: CELL, FCELL, DCELL
CELL: Integer
FCELL: Single precision floating point
DCELL: Double precision floating point
Default: CELL
null : int, optional
Integer representing NULL value data cell
rows : int, optional
Number of rows to hold in memory
Default: 4096
overwrite: bool, optional
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
Default: False
verbose: bool, optional
Verbose module output
Default: False
quiet: bool, optional
Quiet module output
Default: False
superquiet: bool, optional
Very quiet module output
Default: False
DESCRIPTION
r.in.poly allows the creation of GRASS binary raster maps from ASCII files in the current directory containing polygon, linear, and point features.
The input file is an ASCII text file containing the polygon, linear, and point feature definitions. The format of this file is described in the INPUT FORMAT section below.
The number of raster rows to hold in memory is per default 4096. This parameter allows users with less memory (or more) on their system to control how much memory r.in.poly uses. Usually the default value is fine.
NOTES
The data will be imported using the current region settings to set the new raster map's bounds and resolution. Any features falling outside the current region will be cropped. The region settings are controlled with the g.region module.
The format is a simplified version of the standard GRASS vector ASCII format used by v.in.ascii.
Polygons are filled, i.e. they define an area.
Input Format
The input format for the input file consists of sections describing either polygonal areas, linear features, or point features. The basic format is:
A <for polygonal areas>
easting northing
.
.
.
= cat# label
L <for linear features>
easting northing
.
.
.
= cat# label
P <for single cell point features>
easting northing
= cat# label
The A
signals the beginning of a filled polygon. It must appear in the
first column. The L
signals the beginning of a linear feature. It also
must appear in the first column. The P
signals the beginning of a
single cell point feature. Again, it must appear in the first column.
The coordinates of the vertices of the polygon, or the coordinates
defining the linear or point feature follow and must have a space in the
first column and at least one space between the easting and the
northing. To give meaning to the features, the "=
" indicates that
the feature currently being processed has category value cat# (which
must be an integer) and a label (which may be more than one word, or
which may be omitted).
EXAMPLE
An area described by four points:
A
591316.80 4926455.50
591410.25 4926482.40
591434.60 4926393.60
591341.20 4926368.70
= 42 stadium
SEE ALSO
r.colors, d.rast.edit, g.region, r.in.xyz, r.patch, v.in.ascii, wxGUI vector digitizer
AUTHOR
Michael Shapiro, U.S.Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
SOURCE CODE
Available at: r.in.poly source code
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Latest change: Friday Mar 07 07:39:48 2025 in commit e1e37d8