<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>GRASS GIS: v.in.sites</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="grassdocs.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="white"> <img src="grass_logo.png" alt="GRASS logo"><hr align=center size=6 noshade> <h2>NAME</h2> <em><b>v.in.sites</b></em> - Converts a GRASS site_lists file into a vector map. <h2>KEYWORDS</h2> vector, import <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> <b>v.in.sites</b><br> <b>v.in.sites help</b><br> <b>v.in.sites</b> <b>input</b>=<em>string</em> <b>output</b>=<em>string</em> [--<b>overwrite</b>] [--<b>verbose</b>] [--<b>quiet</b>] <h3>Flags:</h3> <DL> <DT><b>--overwrite</b></DT> <DD>Allow output files to overwrite existing files</DD> <DT><b>--verbose</b></DT> <DD>Verbose module output</DD> <DT><b>--quiet</b></DT> <DD>Quiet module output</DD> </DL> <h3>Parameters:</h3> <DL> <DT><b>input</b>=<em>string</em></DT> <DD>Name of site input file</DD> <DT><b>output</b>=<em>string</em></DT> <DD>Name of vector output file</DD> </DL> <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <em>v.in.sites</em> converts GRASS site_lists file into vector format. <em>Site_lists</em> file values are used as category values. <h2>NOTE</h2> The requirements of the site_lists file are standard (i.e., a regular site_lists file format is required) <div class="code"><pre> name|test desc|Imported from points shapefile test.shp. time|3 Feb 2003 15:09:11 +0000 3571629.904|5943214.399|#1 3571323.64|5944517.464|#2 </pre></div> <b>Format example of old GRASS site_lists</b><br> <div class="code"><pre> easting|northing|[z|[d4|]...][#category_int] [ [@attr_text OR %flt] ... ] </pre></div> In case of a 3D sites file, the module generates a 3D vector map. Attributes are written into an attribute table. <h2>EXAMPLE</h2> <div class="code"><pre> v.in.sites in=sites_file out=vector_map </pre></div> <h2>AUTHOR</h2> R.L. Glenn, USDA, SCS, NHQ-CGIS <br> Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy <p><i>Last changed: $Date: 2006-01-02 15:44:52 +0100 (Mon, 02 Jan 2006) $</i> <HR> <P><a href="index.html">Main index</a> - <a href="vector.html">vector index</a> - <a href="full_index.html">Full index</a></P> <P>© 2003-2008 <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">GRASS Development Team</a></p> </body> </html>
