NAME

       r.transect  - Outputs raster map layer values lying along user defined transect line(s).

KEYWORDS

       raster, transect

SYNOPSIS

       r.transect
       r.transect help
       r.transect      [-g]      map=name     line=east,north,azimuth,distance[,east,north,azimuth,distance,...]
       [null=string]   [--verbose]  [--quiet]

   Flags:
       -g
           Output easting and northing in first two columns of four column output

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

   Parameters:
       map=name
           Raster map to be queried

       line=east,north,azimuth,distance[,east,north,azimuth,distance,...]
           Transect definition

       null=string
           Char string to represent no data cell
           Default: *

DESCRIPTION

       This program outputs, in ASCII, the values in a raster map which  lie  along  one  or  more  user-defined
       transect lines.  The transects are described by their starting coordinates, azimuth, and distance.

       The  line  parameter  is a definition of (each) transect line, specified by the geographic coordinates of
       its starting point (easting, northing), the angle and direction of its travel (azimuth), and its distance
       (distance).

       The azimuth is an angle, in degrees, measured to the east of north.  The distance is in map units (meters
       for a metered database, like UTM).

       The null parameter can optionally be set to change the character string representing null values.

NOTES

       This program is a front-end to the r.profile program.  It simply converts the azimuth and distance to  an
       ending  coordinate and then runs r.profile.  There once were width= and result=raw|median|average options
       which are not currently implemented.

SEE ALSO

       r.profile, gis.m: PROFILE TOOL

AUTHOR

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

       Last changed: $Date: 2008-05-16 12:09:06 -0700 (Fri, 16 May 2008) $

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GRASS 6.4.3                                                                                   r.transect(1grass)