
NAME
v.what - Queries a vector map layer at given locations.
KEYWORDS
vector, querying
SYNOPSIS
v.what
v.what help
v.what [-da] map=name[,name,...] [east_north=east,north[,east,north,...]] [distance=float] [--verbose] [--quiet]
Flags:
- -d
- Print topological information (debugging)
- -a
- Print attribute information
- --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.
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: 2007-04-25 14:07:10 -0700 (Wed, 25 Apr 2007) $
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