NAME

       v.segment  - Creates points/segments from input vector lines and positions.

KEYWORDS

       vector, geometry

SYNOPSIS

       v.segment
       v.segment help
       v.segment   input=name   output=name    [llayer=integer]     [file=name]     [--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 vector map containing lines

       output=name
           Name for output vector map where segments will be written

       llayer=integer
           Line layer
           A single vector map  can  be  connected  to  multiple  database  tables.  This  number
           determines which table to use.
           Default: 1

       file=name
           Name of file containing segment rules. If not given, read from stdin.

DESCRIPTION

       v.segment  generates  segments  or  points from input lines and from positions read from a
       text file or 'stdin'.

       The format is:
       P <point id>   <line cat> <offset> [<side offset>]
       L <segment id> <line cat> <start offset> <end offset> [<;side offset>;]

   EXAMPLE
       The user could send to stdin something like:
       P 1 356 24.56
       P 2 495 12.31
        (pipe or redirect from file into the command).

NOTES

       A segment is only created for the first line found of the specified category.

       Points are generated along the lines at the given distance(s) from the  beginning  of  the
       vector line.

       The side offset is the orthogonal distance from the line. Positive side offsets are to the
       right side of the line going forward, negative  offsets  are  to  the  left  (d.vect  with
       display=shape,dir  shows  the  direction  of  vector  lines).  As  the segment distance is
       measured along the original line, side-offset lines will  be  longer  than  the  start-end
       segment distance for outside corners of curving lines, and shorter for inside corners.

       All offsets are measured in map units (see "g.proj -p").

       To  place  a  point  in  the  middle of a line, the v.to.db module may be used to find the
       line's length. Then half of that distance can be used as the along-line offset.

EXAMPLES

       Spearfish location:
       # extract lines from railroad map:
       v.extract railroads out=myrr list=1
       # join segments into polyline and reassign category numbers
       v.build.polylines myrr out=myrr_pol
       v.category myrr_pol out=myrailroads option=add
       # zoom to an area of interest
       g.region n=4928200 s=4921100 w=605600 e=613200
       # show line, category, direction (to find the beginning)
       d.vect myrailroads disp=shape,cat,dir lsize=12
       # extract line segment from 400m to 5000m from beginning of line 1
       echo "L 1 1 400 5000" | v.segment myrailroads out=myrailroads_segl
       d.erase
       d.vect myrailroads
       d.vect myrailroads_segl col=green width=2
       # set node at 5000m from beginning of line 1
       echo "P 1 1 5000" | v.segment myrailroads out=myrailroads_segp
       d.vect myrailroads_segp icon=basic/circle color=red fcolor=red size=5
       # get points from a text file
       cat mypoints.txt | v.segment myrailroads out=myrailroads_mypoints
       # create parallel 1km long line segments along first 8km of track,
       # offset 500m to the left of the tracks.
       v.segment myrailroads out=myrailroads_segl_side << EOF
       L 1 1 1000 2000 -500
       L 2 1 3000 4000 -500
       L 3 1 5000 6000 -500
       L 4 1 7000 8000 -500
       EOF
       d.erase
       d.vect myrailroads disp=shape,dir
       d.vect -c myrailroads_segl_side width=2
       # A series of points, spaced every 2km along the tracks
       v.segment myrailroads out=myrailroads_pt2km << EOF
       P 1 1 1000
       P 2 1 3000
       P 3 1 5000
       P 4 1 7000
       EOF
       d.vect myrailroads_pt2km icon=basic/circle color=blue fcolor=blue size=5
       # A series of points, spaced every 2km along the tracks, offset 500m to the right
       v.segment myrailroads out=myrailroads_pt2kmO500m << EOF
       P 1 1 1000 500
       P 2 1 3000 500
       P 3 1 5000 500
       P 4 1 7000 500
       EOF
       d.vect myrailroads_pt2kmO500m icon=basic/circle color=aqua fcolor=aqua size=5

BUGS

       There is a problem with side-offset parallel line generation for inside corners.

SEE ALSO

        LRS tutorial (Linear Referencing System),
       d.vect, v.build.polylines, v.lrs.segment, v.parallel, v.split, v.to.db, v.to.points

AUTHOR

       Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

       Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 03:29:50 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $

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