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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