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NAME

v.type - Changes type of vector features.

KEYWORDS

vector, geometry

SYNOPSIS

v.type
v.type help
v.type input=name layer=string output=name from_type=string[,string,...] to_type=string[,string,...] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output

Parameters:

input=name
Name of input vector map
Data source for direct OGR access
layer=string
Layer number or name ('-1' for all layers)
A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use. Layer name for direct OGR access.
Default: -1
output=name
Name for output vector map
from_type=string[,string,...]
Feature type to convert from
Options: point,line,boundary,centroid,face,kernel
Default: line
to_type=string[,string,...]
Feature type to convert to
Options: point,line,boundary,centroid,face,kernel
Default: boundary

DESCRIPTION

v.type changes the type of geometry primitives.

EXAMPLES

Convert lines to area boundaries
v.type input=map_l output=map_b type=line,boundary

SEE ALSO

v.to.points

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

Last changed: $Date: 2008-08-14 23:16:42 -0700 (Thu, 14 Aug 2008) $


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