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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".

You 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

SEE ALSO

v.in.ascii
v.in.mapgen
v.out.ascii
d.graph
r.in.poly

AUTHOR

Hamish Bowman
Dunedin, New Zealand

Last changed: $Date: 2010-01-09 05:24:26 -0800 (Sat, 09 Jan 2010) $


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