GRASS GIS manual: v.drape

Note: A new GRASS GIS stable version has been released: GRASS GIS 7.6, available here.
Updated manual page: here

NAME

v.drape - Converts 2D vector features to 3D by sampling of elevation raster map.

KEYWORDS

vector, geometry, sampling, 3D, surface information

SYNOPSIS

v.drape

v.drape --help

v.drape input=name [layer=string] [cats=range] [where=sql_query] [type=string[,string,...]] output=name elevation=name [method=string] [scale=float] [null_value=float] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

--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:

input=name [required]: Name of input vector map; Or data source for direct OGR access
layer=string: Layer number or name ('-1' for all layers); A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.; Default: -1
cats=range: Category values; Example: 1,3,7-9,13
where=sql_query: WHERE conditions of SQL statement without 'where' keyword; Example: income < 1000 and inhab >= 10000
type=string[,string,...]: Input feature type; Options: point, line, boundary, centroid; Default: point,line,boundary,centroid
output=name [required]: Name for output vector map
elevation=name [required]: Elevation raster map for height extraction
method=string: Sampling interpolation method; Options: nearest, bilinear, bicubic; Default: nearest; nearest: Nearest-neighbor interpolation; bilinear: Bilinear interpolation; bicubic: Bicubic interpolation
scale=float: Scale factor sampled raster values; Default: 1.0
null_value=float: Height for sampled raster NULL values

DESCRIPTION
NOTES
EXAMPLES
- POVRAY example
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS

DESCRIPTION

v.drape converts 2D/3D vector data into 3D vector format via sampling of an elevation surface. Three sampling algorithms adapted from v.sample were incorporated into this module: nearest neighbor, bilinear, and cubic convultion.

v.drape will skip vector features outside of current computational region or where raster map has NULL value. It's possible to include all vector features by specifying height value that will be assigned to verticles whose values can not be determined from raster map.

NOTES

Additional vertices can be added to the input 2D vector map with v.split.

The module can be used in conjunction with v.out.pov and r.out.pov to export a complete set of vector and raster data for display in POVRAY.

EXAMPLES

Spearfish example:

v.drape in=roads elevation=elevation.10m method=bilinear out=roads3d
v.info roads3d

Create 3D vector roads map containing only "unimproved" roads. Set road height to 1000 m for all parts without height information.

v.drape input=roads type=line elevation=elevation.dem output=roads_3d \
        method=nearest scale=1.0 where='cat=5' layer=1 null_value=1000

POVRAY example

#export the vector data
v.drape in=roads out=roads3d elevation=elevation.10m
v.out.pov roads3d out=roads3d.pov
#export the raster data
r.out.pov elevation.10m tga=elevation.tga
r.out.png landcover.30m out=landcover30m.png

# now write a complete povray-script and launch povray

AUTHORS

Dylan Beaudette, University of California at Davis.
Updated for GRASS 7 by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Last changed: $Date: 2014-11-28 08:22:17 -0800 (Fri, 28 Nov 2014) $

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.drape source code (history)