Ubuntu Manpage: r.in.poly - Creates raster maps from ASCII polygon/line/point data files.

NAME

       r.in.poly  - Creates raster maps from ASCII polygon/line/point data files.

KEYWORDS

       raster, import

SYNOPSIS

       r.in.poly
       r.in.poly help
       r.in.poly   input=name   output=name    [title="phrase"]    [rows=integer]    [--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 file; or "-" to read from stdin

       output=name
           Name for output raster map

       title=
           Title for resultant raster map

       rows=integer
           Number of rows to hold in memory
           Default: 4096

DESCRIPTION

       r.in.poly allows the creation of GRASS binary raster maps from  ASCII  files  in  the  current  directory
       containing polygon, linear, and point features.

       The  input file is an ASCII text file containing the polygon, linear, and point feature definitions.  The
       format of this file is described in the INPUT FORMAT section below.

       The number of raster rows to hold in memory is per default 4096.  This parameter allows users  with  less
       memory (or more) on their system to control how much memory r.in.poly uses.  Usually the default value is
       fine.

NOTES

The data will be imported using the current region settings to set the new raster map's bounds and
resolution. Any features falling outside the current region will be cropped. The region settings are
contolled with the g.region module.

The format is a simplified version of the standard GRASS vector ASCII format used by v.in.ascii.

Polygons are filled, i.e. they define an area.

Input Format
The input format for the input file consists of sections describing either polygonal areas, linear
features, or point features. The basic format is:
A <for polygonal areas>
easting northing
.
.
.
= cat# label
L <for linear features>
easting northing
.
.
.
= cat# label
P <for single cell point features>
easting northing
= cat# label
The A signals the beginning of a filled polygon. It must appear in the first column. The L signals the
beginning of a linear feature. It also must appear in the first column. The P signals the beginning of
a single cell point feature. Again, it must appear in the first column. The coordinates of the vertices
of the polygon, or the coordinates defining the linear or point feature follow and must have a space in
the first column and at least one space between the easting and the northing. To give meaning to the
features, the "=" indicates that the feature currently being processed has category value cat# (which
must be an integer) and a label (which may be more than one word, or which may be omitted).

EXAMPLE

       An area described by four points:
       A
         591316.80   4926455.50
         591410.25   4926482.40
         591434.60   4926393.60
         591341.20   4926368.70
       = 42 stadium

AUTHOR

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

       Last changed: $Date: 2008-05-21 11:40:03 -0700 (Wed, 21 May 2008) $

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GRASS 6.4.3                                                                                    r.in.poly(1grass)