NAME

       v.what  - Queries a vector map layer at given locations.

KEYWORDS

       vector, querying

SYNOPSIS

       v.what
       v.what help
       v.what    [-dag]    map=name[,name,...]     [east_north=east,north[,east,north,...]]     [distance=float]
       [--verbose]  [--quiet]

   Flags:
       -d
           Print topological information (debugging)

       -a
           Print attribute information

       -g
           Print the stats in shell script style

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

   Parameters:
       map=name[,name,...]
           Name of input vector map

       east_north=east,north[,east,north,...]
           Coordinates for query
           If not given reads from standard input

       distance=float
           Query threshold distance
           Default: 0

DESCRIPTION

       v.what Outputs the category number value(s) associated with user-specified location(s) in  user-specified
       vector  map  layer(s).   This  module was derived from the d.what.vect module by removing all interactive
       code and modification of the output for easy parsing. Using the -g  flag  generates  script-style  output
       which is easily parsable.

       This module always reports standard acres, even when the location uses US Survey feet as the map unit.

EXAMPLE

       Spearfish example:
       v.what fields east_north=599121.75,4922981.125

SEE ALSO

        d.what.vect

AUTHOR

       Trevor Wiens
       Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

       Last changed: $Date: 2013-04-17 22:56:53 -0700 (Wed, 17 Apr 2013) $

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GRASS 6.4.3                                                                                       v.what(1grass)