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NAME

m.measure - Measures the lengths and areas of features.

KEYWORDS

miscellaneous, measurement

SYNOPSIS

m.measure
m.measure help
m.measure [-g] coords=x,y[,x,y,...] [units=string] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

-g
Shell script style
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output

Parameters:

coords=x,y[,x,y,...]
Vertex coordinates
units=string
Units
Default: location map units
Options: miles,feet,meters,kilometers,acres,hectares

DESCRIPTION

m.measure provides the user with a way to measure the lengths and areas of lines and polygons. Areas can be stated in acres, hectares, square miles, square meters and square kilometers.

AUTHORS

Glynn Clements
Some updates by Martin Landa, CTU in Prague, Czech Republic

Derived from d.measure by James Westervelt, Michael Shapiro, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Last changed: $Date: 2010-03-05 10:55:22 -0800 (Fri, 05 Mar 2010) $


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