GRASS GIS manual: v.in.region

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NAME

v.in.region - Creates a vector polygon from the current region extent.

KEYWORDS

vector, geometry

SYNOPSIS

v.in.region

v.in.region --help

v.in.region [-d] output=name [type=string] [cat=integer] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-d: Densify lines using region resolution
--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:

output=name [required]: Name for output vector map
type=string: Select type: line or area; Options: line, area; Default: area
cat=integer: Category value; Default: 1

DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

DESCRIPTION

v.in.region creates a new vector map from current region extent.

If the output of v.in.region is to be used for raster reprojection, the -d flag should be used after setting the region to the raster map to be reprojected with r.proj.

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek

Last changed: $Date: 2013-08-11 14:34:24 -0700 (Sun, 11 Aug 2013) $

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.in.region source code (history)