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NAME

       t.register  - Assigns timestamps and registers raster, vector and raster3d maps in a space
       time dataset.

KEYWORDS

       temporal, map management, register, time

SYNOPSIS

       t.register
       t.register --help
       t.register  [-i]   [input=name]     [maps=name[,name,...]]     [type=name]     [file=name]
       [start=string]   [end=string]   [unit=string]   [increment=string]   [separator=character]
       [--overwrite]  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       -i
           Create an interval (start and end time) in case an increment and the  start  time  are
           provided

       --overwrite
           Allow output files to overwrite existing files

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       input=name
           Name of the input space time dataset

       maps=name[,name,...]
           Name of the input maps

       type=name
           Type of the input map
           Options: raster, vector, raster_3d
           Default: raster

       file=name
           Input file with map names, one per line
           Additionally the start time and the end time can be specified per line

       start=string
           Valid start date and time of the first map
           Format  for  absolute  time:  "yyyy-mm-dd  HH:MM:SS  +HHMM",  relative time is of type
           integer.

       end=string
           Valid end date and time of all map
           Format for absolute time: "yyyy-mm-dd  HH:MM:SS  +HHMM",  relative  time  is  of  type
           integer.

       unit=string
           Time stamp unit
           Unit must be set in case of relative timestamps
           Options: years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds

       increment=string
           Time increment, works only in conjunction with start option
           Time  increment between maps for creation of valid time intervals (format for absolute
           time: NNN seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months,  years;  format  for  relative
           time is of type integer: 5)

       separator=character
           Field separator character of the input file
           Special characters: pipe, comma, space, tab, newline
           Default: pipe

DESCRIPTION

       The  module  t.register  has  double  functionality:  it either only assigns timestamps to
       raster, 3D raster and vector maps in  the  temporal  database  (if  input  option  is  not
       provided,  see  below)  or  additionally,  it  also registers them within input space time
       datasets (stds). The existing timestamp modules r.timestamp, r3.timestamp and  v.timestamp
       do  not  register the maps in the temporal database of GRASS GIS. However, timestamps that
       have been created with these modules can be read and used by t.register. This  works  only
       for maps that are not already registered in the temporal database.

       If  the input option is not used (i.e., no stds is provided), maps will be only registered
       in the temporal database with assigned timestamps. If, on the other hand, the input option
       is used and a stds is provided, maps will be first registered in the temporal database (if
       not registered before) and then, in the stds specified. If the user wants to register maps
       that are already registered in the temporal database in a different stds, there is no need
       to pass information regarding start and end time, t.register will read timestamps from the
       temporal database (i.e., in this case only passing map names will be enough).

       The  module  t.register  supports  absolute  and relative time. The absolute temporal type
       refers to a fixed date while the relative temporal  type  refers  to  data  without  fixed
       timestamps (e.g., sequential maps used to calculate multi-decadal averages).

       Maps  can  be  registered  by  command  line argument (i.e., a list of comma separated map
       names) or using an input file. The start time, end time and a temporal  increment  can  be
       provided  through  command  line or in the input file. End time and increment are mutually
       exclusive. The user can register single maps or a list  of  maps  at  once.  Maps  can  be
       registered in several space time datasets using the same timestamp. For the case of vector
       time series, the user can also register a single vector map connected to different  layers
       representing time steps using the map:layer notation (See example below).

       The  increment  option and the -i flag (to create time intervals) work only in conjunction
       with the start option.  If an input file with timestamps (either start time or start  time
       and end time) is used, then the increment option and the -i flag are not supported.

       Start  time  and  end time with absolute time must be provided using the format yyyy-mm-dd
       HH:MM:SS +HHMM. It is also supported to specify only  the  date  yyyy-mm-dd.  In  case  of
       relative  time, the temporal unit (years, months, days, hours, minutes or seconds) must be
       provided.  In this case, the relative start time, end time and increment are integers.

NOTES

       The timestamps of registered maps will be stored in  the  temporal  database  and  in  the
       metadata  of  the  grass  maps  in the spatial database.  This assures that timestamps can
       always be accessed with (r|r3|v).timestamp and the  temporal  modules.  Timestamps  should
       only  be modified with t.register because the (r|r3|v).timestamp modules have no access to
       the temporal database.

INPUT FILE FORMAT

       There are several options to register maps by means of a file. The input file consists  of
       a  list  of  map  names, optionally along with timestamps. Each map name (and timestaps if
       provided) should be stored in a new line in this file.

       When only map names are provided, the increment option and  the  -i  flag  are  supported.
       However,  when  along  with  map  names  any  kind  of timestamp is provided, as well, the
       increment option and the -i are no longer supported.

       Specification of map names only (increment option and -i flag supported):
       terra_lst_day20020113
       terra_lst_day20020114
       terra_lst_day20020115
       terra_lst_day20020116
       terra_lst_day20020117

       Specification of map names and absolute start  time  (date)  of  the  time  instances  (no
       support for increment option nor -i flag):
       terra_lst_day20020113|2002-01-13
       terra_lst_day20020114|2002-01-14
       terra_lst_day20020115|2002-01-15
       terra_lst_day20020116|2002-01-16
       terra_lst_day20020117|2002-01-17

       Specification  of  map  names and absolute start time (datetime) of the time instances (no
       support for increment option nor -i flag):
       terra_lst_day20020113|2002-01-13 10:30
       terra_lst_day20020114|2002-01-14 10:30
       terra_lst_day20020115|2002-01-15 10:30
       terra_lst_day20020116|2002-01-16 10:30
       terra_lst_day20020117|2002-01-17 10:30

       Specification of map names and absolute time interval with start and end time (no  support
       for increment option nor -i flag):
       prec_1|2001-01-01|2001-04-01
       prec_2|2001-04-01|2001-07-01
       prec_3|2001-07-01|2001-10-01
       prec_4|2001-10-01|2002-01-01
       prec_5|2002-01-01|2002-04-01
       prec_6|2002-04-01|2002-07-01

EXAMPLE

   North Carolina dataset
   Using a text file
       Register maps in an absolute space time dataset, creating a time interval
       # first:  prepare a text file with a list of input maps (see above)
       # second: register maps
       t.register -i type=raster input=precipitation_monthly \
           file=list_of_input_maps.txt start="2009-01-01" \
           increment="1 months"

   Using g.list to generate the input
       Register maps in an absolute space time dataset, creating a time interval
       t.register -i type=raster input=precipitation_monthly \
           maps=`g.list raster pattern="*precip*" sep=comma` start="2009-01-01" \
           increment="1 months"

   Register a vector map with layers representing time steps
       Assume  a  vector map of points that represent meteorological stations and it is connected
       to different layers depicting daily time steps. In this example, only the fifth  layer  of
       the vector map will be registered.
       # the layer is specified behind the colon
       t.register type=vector input=meteo_stations_nc_daily \
           maps=meteo_stations_nc:5 start="2009-01-05"

   Synthetic maps
       In  this  example  we  create 6 raster maps that will be registered in a single space time
       raster dataset named  precip_abs  using  a  monthly  temporal  granularity.  The  -i  flag
       generates  time  intervals  of  the  provided  increment. The generated timestamps will be
       inspected using r.timestamp and t.rast.list. We will register an  additional  map  with  a
       timestamp that was set with r.timestamp.
       r.mapcalc expression="prec_1 = 100"
       r.mapcalc expression="prec_2 = 200"
       r.mapcalc expression="prec_3 = 300"
       r.mapcalc expression="prec_4 = 400"
       r.mapcalc expression="prec_5 = 500"
       r.mapcalc expression="prec_6 = 600"
       t.create type=strds temporaltype=absolute \
           output=precip_abs title="Example" \
           descr="Example"
       t.register -i type=raster input=precip_abs \
           maps=prec_1,prec_2,prec_3,prec_4,prec_5,prec_6 \
           start="2001-01-01" increment="1 months"
       r.timestamp prec_1
       1 Jan 2001 00:00:00 / 1 Feb 2001 00:00:00
       r.timestamp prec_2
       1 Feb 2001 00:00:00 / 1 Mar 2001 00:00:00
       t.rast.list input=precip_abs
       name|mapset|start_time|end_time
       prec_1|PERMANENT|2001-01-01 00:00:00|2001-02-01 00:00:00
       prec_2|PERMANENT|2001-02-01 00:00:00|2001-03-01 00:00:00
       prec_3|PERMANENT|2001-03-01 00:00:00|2001-04-01 00:00:00
       prec_4|PERMANENT|2001-04-01 00:00:00|2001-05-01 00:00:00
       prec_5|PERMANENT|2001-05-01 00:00:00|2001-06-01 00:00:00
       prec_6|PERMANENT|2001-06-01 00:00:00|2001-07-01 00:00:00
       r.mapcalc expression="prec_7 = 700"
       r.timestamp map=prec_7 date="1 jul 2001 / 1 aug 2001"
       t.register type=raster input=precip_abs maps=prec_7
       t.rast.list input=precip_abs
       name|mapset|start_time|end_time
       prec_1|PERMANENT|2001-01-01 00:00:00|2001-02-01 00:00:00
       prec_2|PERMANENT|2001-02-01 00:00:00|2001-03-01 00:00:00
       prec_3|PERMANENT|2001-03-01 00:00:00|2001-04-01 00:00:00
       prec_4|PERMANENT|2001-04-01 00:00:00|2001-05-01 00:00:00
       prec_5|PERMANENT|2001-05-01 00:00:00|2001-06-01 00:00:00
       prec_6|PERMANENT|2001-06-01 00:00:00|2001-07-01 00:00:00
       prec_7|PERMANENT|2001-07-01 00:00:00|2001-08-01 00:00:00

   Importing and registering ECA&D climatic data
       The  European  Climate Assessment & Dataset (ECA&D) project offers the E-OBS dataset which
       is a daily gridded observational dataset for  precipitation,  temperature  and  sea  level
       pressure  in  Europe based on ECA&D information.  Download and decompress mean temperature
       data from: here by accepting their Terms of use.
       # import E-OBS V12 into a lat-long location (alternatively, use r.external)
       r.in.gdal -oe input=tg_0.25deg_reg_1950-1964_v12.0.nc \
         output=temperature_mean offset=0
       r.in.gdal -oe input=tg_0.25deg_reg_1965-1979_v12.0.nc \
         output=temperature_mean offset=5479 --o
       r.in.gdal -oe input=tg_0.25deg_reg_1980-1994_v12.0.nc \
         output=temperature_mean offset=10957 --o
       r.in.gdal -oe input=tg_0.25deg_reg_1995-2015_v12.0.nc \
         output=temperature_mean offset=16436 --o
       # create STRDS
       t.create type=strds output=temperature_mean_1950_2015_daily \
         temporaltype=absolute semantictype=mean \
         title="European mean temperature 1950-2015" \
         description="The European daily mean temperature from ECAD"
       # create text file with all temperature_mean rasters, one per line,
       # a) using a shell script
       for i in `seq 1 23922` ; do
           echo temperature_mean.$i >> map_list.txt
       done
       # b) using a Python script
       file = open("map_list.txt", "w")
       for i in range(23922):
           file.write("temperature_mean.%i\n" % (i + 1))
       file.close()
       # register daily maps using the file created above
       t.register -i type=raster input=temperature_mean_1950_2015_daily \
                     file=map_list.txt start="1950-01-01" increment="1 days"

SEE ALSO

        t.create, t.info

       Maps registration examples in Temporal data processing Wiki

AUTHOR

       Sören Gebbert, Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: t.register source code (history)

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