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NAME
v.type - Change the type of geometry elements.
KEYWORDS
vector, geometry
SYNOPSIS
v.type
v.type help
v.type input=name output=name [type=string[,string,...]] [--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
- output=name
- Name for output vector map
- type=string[,string,...]
- Pairs for input and output type separated by comma
- <input_type1>,<output_type1>,<input_type2>,<output_type2>,...
Example1: line,boundary
Example2: line,boundary,point,centroid
- Options: point,line,boundary,centroid,face,kernel
- Default: line,boundary,point,centroid
DESCRIPTION
v.type changes the type of geometry primitives.
EXAMPLES
Convert lines to area boundaries
v.type input=map_l output=map_b type=line,boundary
SEE ALSO
v.to.points
AUTHOR
Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy
Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 01:42:51 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $
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