v.what(1) - Linux man page

Name

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

Keywords

vector, querying

Synopsis

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

Flags:

-d: Print topological information (debugging)
-a: Print attribute information
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output

Parameters:

map=name[,name,...]: Name of input vector map
east_north=east,north[,east,north,...]: Coordinates for query
If not given reads from standard input
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

Author

Trevor Wiens
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Last changed: $Date: 2007-04-25 23:07:10 +0200 (Wed, 25 Apr 2007) $

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