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NAME

       r.reclass  - Reclassify raster map based on category values.
       Creates  a  new  raster map whose category values are based upon a reclassification of the
       categories in an existing raster map.

KEYWORDS

       raster, reclassification

SYNOPSIS

       r.reclass
       r.reclass --help
       r.reclass input=name  output=name  rules=name   [title=string]    [--overwrite]   [--help]
       [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       --overwrite
           Allow output files to overwrite existing files

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       input=name [required]
           Name of raster map to be reclassified

       output=name [required]
           Name for output raster map

       rules=name [required]
           File containing reclass rules
           ’-’ for standard input

       title=string
           Title for output raster map

DESCRIPTION

       r.reclass  creates  an  output  map layer based on an input integer raster map layer.  The
       output map layer will be a reclassification of the input map layer based on reclass  rules
       input  to r.reclass, and can be treated in much the same way that raster maps are treated.
       A TITLE for the output map layer may be (optionally) specified by the user.

       The reclass rules are read from standard input (i.e., from the keyboard, redirected from a
       file, or piped through another program).

       Before using r.reclass the user must know the following:

       1      The  new  categories  desired;   and,  which  old  categories  fit  into  which new
              categories.

       2      The names of the new categories.

NOTES

       In fact, the r.reclass program does not  generate  any  new  raster  map  layers  (in  the
       interests  of  disk space conservation).  Instead, a reclass table is stored which will be
       used to reclassify the original raster map layer each time the new (reclassed) map name is
       requested.   As  far  as  the user (and programmer) is concerned, that raster map has been
       created.

       r.reclass only works on an integer input raster map; if the input map is instead  floating
       point  data, you must multiply the input data by some factor to acheive whole number input
       data, otherwise r.reclass will round the raster values down to the next integer.

       Also note that although the user can generate a r.reclass map which is  based  on  another
       r.reclass  map, the new r.reclass map will be stored in GRASS as a reclass of the original
       raster map on which the first reclassed map was based.  Therefore, while GRASS allows  the
       user  to provide r.reclass map layer information which is based on an already reclassified
       map (for the user’s convenience), no r.reclass map layer (i.e., reclass table)  will  ever
       be stored as a r.reclass of a r.reclass.

       To  convert  a  reclass  map  to  a  regular  raster map layer, set your geographic region
       settings to match the  settings  in  the  header  for  the  reclass  map  (with  "g.region
       raster=reclass_map", or viewable by running r.info) and then run r.resample.

       r.mapcalc can be used to convert a reclass map to a regular raster map layer as well:
         r.mapcalc "raster_map = reclass_map"

       where  raster_map  is  the  name  to be given to the new raster map, and reclass_map is an
       existing reclass map.

       Because r.reclass generates internally simply a table by referencing some original  raster
       map  layer  rather  than  creating  a full new reclassed raster map layer, a r.reclass map
       layer will no longer be accessible if the original raster map layer,  upon  which  it  was
       based,  is  later removed. Therefore, attempting to remove a raster map layer from which a
       r.reclass has been derived is  only  possible  if  the  original  map  is  removed  first.
       Alternatively, a r.reclass map can be removed including its base map by using

       g.remove’s -b flag.

       A r.reclass map is not a true raster map layer.  Rather, it is a table of reclassification
       values which reference the input raster map layer.  Therefore, users who  wish  to  retain
       reclassified  map  layers  must  also save the original input raster map layers from which
       they were generated. Alternatively r.recode can be used.

       Category values which are not explicitly reclassified to a new value by the user  will  be
       reclassified to NULL.

   Reclass Rules
       Each line of input must have the following format:
       input_categories=output_category  [label]

       where each line of input specifies the category values in the input raster map layer to be
       reclassified to the new output_category category value.  Specification of a  label  to  be
       associated  with  the  new  output  map  layer  category is optional.  If specified, it is
       recorded as the category label for the new category value.  The equal sign = is  required.
       The input_category(ies) may consist of single category values or a range of such values in
       the format "low thru high." The word "thru" must be present.

       To include all (remaining) values the asterix "*" can be used. This rule has to be set  as
       last rule. No further rules are accepted after setting this rule. The special rule "* = *"
       specifies that all categories not expicitly set by one of the above rules should be passed
       through unaltered instead of being set to NULL.

       Categories to become no data are specified by setting the output category value to "NULL".

       A line containing only the word end terminates the input.

EXAMPLES

       The following examples may help clarify the reclass rules.

           1.  This  example  reclassifies  categories  1,  2 and 3 in the input raster map layer
           "roads" to category 1 with category label "good quality" in the output map layer,  and
           reclassifies  input  raster  map layer categories 4 and 5 to category 2 with the label
           "poor quality" in the output map layer.
               1 2 3   = 1    good quality
               4 5     = 2    poor quality

       2. This example reclassifies categories 1, 3 and 5  in  the  input  raster  map  layer  to
       category  1  with  category label "poor quality" in the output map layer, and reclassifies
       input raster map layer categories 2, 4, and 6 to category 2 with the label "good  quality"
       in the output map layer.  All other values are reclassified to NULL.
           1 3 5   = 1    poor quality
           2 4 6   = 2    good quality
           *       = NULL

       3.  This  example  reclassifies  input raster map layer categories 1 thru 10 to output map
       layer category 1, input map layer categories 11 thru 20 to output map  layer  category  2,
       and  input  map  layer  categories  21 thru 30 to output map layer category 3, all without
       labels. The range from 30 to 40 is reclassified as NULL.
            1 thru 10 = 1
           11 thru 20 = 2
           21 thru 30 = 3
           30 thru 40  = NULL

       4. Subsequent rules override previous rules.  Therefore, the  below  example  reclassifies
       input  raster  map  layer categories 1 thru 19 and 51 thru 100 to category 1 in the output
       map layer, input raster map layer categories 20 thru 24 and 26 thru 50 to the  output  map
       layer category 2, and input raster map layer category 25 to the output category 3.
            1 thru 100     = 1    poor quality
           20 thru 50 = 2    medium quality
           25            = 3    good quality

       5. The previous example could also have been entered as:
            1 thru 19  51 thru 100   = 1    poor quality
           20 thru 24  26 thru 50    = 2    medium quality
           25                   = 3    good quality
       or as:
            1 thru 19  = 1    poor quality
           51 thru 100      = 1
           20 thru 24  = 2
           26 thru 50  = 2    medium quality
           25          = 3    good quality

       The  final  example was given to show how the labels are handled.  If a new category value
       appears in more than one rule (as is the case with new category values 1 and 2), the  last
       label  which  was  specified becomes the label for that category.  In this case the labels
       are assigned exactly as in the two previous examples.

SEE ALSO

        r.resample, r.rescale, r.recode

AUTHORS

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

       Last changed: $Date: 2015-10-03 09:31:46 +0200 (Sat, 03 Oct 2015) $

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