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NAME

       v.mkgrid  - Creates a vector map of a user-defined grid.

KEYWORDS

       vector, geometry, grid, point pattern, hexagon

SYNOPSIS

       v.mkgrid
       v.mkgrid --help
       v.mkgrid    [-had]    map=name     [grid=rows,columns]     [position=string]     [coordinates=east,north]
       [box=width,height]     [angle=float]     [breaks=integer]     [type=string]     [--overwrite]    [--help]
       [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       -h
           Create hexagons (default: rectangles)

       -a
           Allow asymmetric hexagons

       -d
           EXPERIMENTAL: Add diagonals to rectangular lines
           Applies only to lines for rectangles

       --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:
       map=name [required]
           Name for output vector map

       grid=rows,columns
           Number of rows and columns in grid

       position=string
           Where to place the grid
           Options: region, coor
           Default: region
           region: current region
           coor: use ’coor’ and ’box’ options

       coordinates=east,north
           Lower left easting and northing coordinates of map

       box=width,height
           Width and height of boxes in grid

       angle=float
           Angle of rotation (in degrees counter-clockwise)
           Default: 0

       breaks=integer
           Number of vertex points per grid cell
           Options: 0-60
           Default: 0

       type=string
           Output feature type
           Options: point, line, area
           Default: area

DESCRIPTION

       v.mkgrid  creates  a vector map representation of a regular coordinate grid. Point, line, and area vector
       grids can be created.

NOTES

       Grid points created with the type=point option will be placed at the  center  of  each  grid  cell,  like
       centroids with the default type=area option.

       Grid  lines  created  with  the  type=line  option will be identical to the edges of each grid cell, like
       boundaries with the default type=area option.

       The resultant grid can be rotated around the origin (center of the grid) with the angle option.

       Optionally hexagons can be created with the -h  flag.  Hexagons  are  by  default  symmetric.  Asymmetric
       hexagons can be allowed with the -a flag.

       This  module  is  NOT to be used to generate a vector map of USGS quadrangles, because USGS quads are not
       exact rectangles.

EXAMPLES

   Creating a global grid in a latitude-longitude
       To be run in a latitude-longitude location (WGS84)
       # set the region:
       g.region n=90 s=-90 w=-180 e=180 res=10 -p
       projection: 3 (Latitude-Longitude)
       zone:       0
       datum:      wgs84
       ellipsoid:  wgs84
       north:      90N
       south:      90S
       west:       180W
       east:       180E
       nsres:      10
       ewres:      10
       rows:       18
       cols:       36
       cells:      648
       # create 10 degree size grid:
       v.mkgrid map=grid_10deg
       # create 20 degree size grid:
       v.mkgrid map=grid_20deg box=20,20

   Creating a grid in a metric projection
       Creating a 4x3 grid, cells 20km a side, with lower left corner at 2716500,6447000:
       v.mkgrid map=coro_grid grid=4,3 position=coor coordinates=2716500,6447000 box=20000,20000

   Creating a positioned grid in a latitude-longitude
       Creating a 10x12 lat/lon grid, cells 2 arc-min a side, with lower left corner at 167deg 52min east, 47deg
       6min  south.  For  use  with  e.g. QGIS you can then pull this grid into a projected location with v.proj
       before exporting as a Shapefile with v.out.ogr (within GRASS GIS you could just use d.grid  -w  from  the
       projected location for the same effect):
       v.mkgrid map=p2min_grid grid=10,12 position=coor coordinates=167:52E,47:06S box=0:02,0:02

   Creating a simple point pattern
       North  Carolina  sample  dataset  example,  creating  a 1km spaced point grid based on the current region
       extent defined by the "elevation" map:
       g.region raster=elevation res=1000 -pa
       v.mkgrid type=point map=pointpattern

   Creating a regular point pattern
       North Carolina sample dataset example, creating a regular spaced point grid based on the  current  region
       extent defined by the "elevation" map, using a two-step approach:
       # create first set of points, covering extent of "elevation" raster map
       g.region raster=elevation res=1000 -pa
       v.mkgrid type=point map=pointpattern1
       # shift grid by half point distance (map units)
       g.region n=n+500 w=w+500 e=e+500 s=s+500 -p
       # create second set of points
       v.mkgrid type=point map=pointpattern2
       # merge into final point pattern
       v.patch input=pointpattern1,pointpattern2 output=pointpattern3
       Different point patterns for sampling design

   Creating hexagons in a metric projection
       North  Carolina  sample  dataset  example,  creating  regular hexagons based on the current region extent
       defined by the "elevation" map and raster resolution for the hexagon size:
       g.region raster=elevation res=5000 -pa
       v.mkgrid map=hexagons -h
       d.grid 5000
       Hexagon map

   Using hexagons for point density
       To compute point density in a hexagonal grid for the vector map points_of_interest  in  the  basic  North
       Carolina  sample  dataset,  the vector map itself is used to set extent of the computational region.  The
       resolution is based on the desired size of hexagons.
       g.region vector=points_of_interest res=2000 -pa
       The hexagonal grid is created as a vector map based on the previously selected extent  and  size  of  the
       grid.
       v.mkgrid map=hexagons -h
       The following counts the number of points per hexagon using the v.vect.stats module.
       v.vect.stats points=points_of_interest areas=hexagons count_column=count
       User  should note that some of the points may be outside the grid since the hexagons cannot cover all the
       area around the edges (the computational region extent needs to be  enlarged  if  all  points  should  be
       considered).  The last command sets the vector map color table to viridis based on the count column.
       v.colors map=hexagons use=attr column=count color=viridis
       Point density in a hexagonal grid

SEE ALSO

        d.grid, v.in.region, v.patch, v.vect.stats

AUTHORS

       Michael Higgins, U.S.Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

       Update for new vectors Radim Blazek 10/2004

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: v.mkgrid source code (history)

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