GRASS GIS manual: v.support

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NAME

v.support - Updates vector map metadata.

KEYWORDS

vector, metadata

SYNOPSIS

v.support

v.support --help

v.support [-r] map=name [organization=phrase] [date=datestring] [person=phrase] [map_name=phrase] [map_date=datestring] [scale=integer] [zone=integer] [threshold=float] [comment=phrase] [cmdhist=command] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-r: Replace comment instead of appending it
--help: Print usage summary
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output
--ui: Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

map=name [required]: Name of vector map; Or data source for direct OGR access
organization=phrase: Organization where vector map was created
date=datestring: Date of vector map digitization (e.g., "15 Mar 2007")
person=phrase: Person who created vector map
map_name=phrase: Vector map title
map_date=datestring: Date when the source map was originally produced
scale=integer: Vector map scale number (e.g., 24000)
zone=integer: Vector map projection zone
threshold=float: Vector map digitizing threshold number (e.g., 0.5)
comment=phrase: Text to append to the comment line of the map's metadata file
cmdhist=command: Command line to store into vector map history file (used for vector scripts)

DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLE
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

DESCRIPTION

v.support is used to set/update vector map metadata.

EXAMPLE

# update scale to 1:24000
v.support myvectmap scale=24000

# update organization
v.support myvectmap organization="OSGeo labs"
v.info myvectmap

AUTHOR

Markus Neteler, Trento

Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 13:24:20 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.support source code (history)