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NAME

v.info - Outputs basic information about a user-specified vector map.

KEYWORDS

vector, metadata, history

SYNOPSIS

v.info
v.info help
v.info [-hcgmt] map=name [layer=integer] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

-h
Print vector history instead of info
-c
Print types/names of table columns for specified layer instead of info
-g
Print map region only
-m
Print map title only
-t
Print topology information only
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output

Parameters:

map=name
Name of input vector map
layer=integer
Layer number
A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use.
Default: 1

DESCRIPTION

v.info reports some basic information about a user-specified vector map layer and the topology status.

EXAMPLE

v.info map=test

 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Mapset:   PERMANENT                      Organization: GRASS Team          |
 | Layer:    test                           Source Date:                      |
 | Orig. Scale: 1:1                                                           |
 | Location: spearfish                      Name of creator: GRASSUSER        |
 | DataBase: /home/user/grassdata                                             |
 | Title:                                                                     |
 | Map format: native                                                         |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |   Type of Map:  Vector (level: 2)                                          |
 |                                          Number of points:     7           |
 |                                          Number of lines:      1386        |
 |                                          Number of centroids:  0           |
 |                                          Number of areas:      0           |
 |                                          Number of faces:      0           |
 |                                          Number of kernels:    0           |
 |                                          Number of islands:    0           |
 |                                          Map is 3D:            0           |
 |                                          Number of dblinks:    1           |
 |   Projection: Transverse Mercator (zone 0)                                 |
 |            N: 5945486.383    S: 5941117.075                                |
 |            E: 3573006.924    W: 3567822.941                                |
 |            B: 0.000     T: 0.000                                           |
 |                                                                            |
 |   Digitize threshold: 0.00000                                              |
 |   Comments:                                                                |
 |                                                                            |
 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

AUTHORS

Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy,
Markus Metz (level 1 support)

Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 03:23:06 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $

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