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NAME

v.to.points - Create points along input lines.

SYNOPSIS

v.to.points
v.to.points help
v.to.points [-vit] input=name [type=string[,string,...]] output=name [llayer=integer] [dmax=float]

Flags:

-v
Write line vertices.
-i
Interpolate points between line vertices.
-t
Do not create attribute table.

Parameters:

input=name
Input map containing lines
type=string[,string,...]
Type
Options: point,line,boundary,centroid,area
Default: point,line,boundary,centroid
output=name
Output map where points will be written
llayer=integer
Line layer
Default: 1
dmax=float
Maximum distance between points in map units.
Default: 100

DESCRIPTION

v.to.points creates points along input lines. It creates an output-dataset with 2 layers. Layer 1 holdes information about the line-category and its attributes, layer 2 holds information about the length line-category and its segment-length starting from the 0 to this point.

NOTES

The dmax parameter is the maximum limit but not an exact distance. To place points with exact distance from the beginning of the vector line the user should use v.segment.

SEE ALSO

v.segment, v.to.rast, v.to.db

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek

Last changed: $Date: 2006/01/02 14:44:52 $


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