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NAME
d.vect - Displays user-specified vector map in the active graphics frame.KEYWORDS
display, graphics, vector, level1SYNOPSIS
d.vect
d.vect --helpd.vect [-cirs] map=name [layer=string] display=string[,string,...] [type=string[,string,...]] [cats=range] [where=sql_query] [color=name] [fill_color=name] [rgb_column=name] [zcolor=style] [width=integer] [width_column=name] [width_scale=float] [icon=string] [size=float] [size_column=name] [rotation_column=name] [icon_area=string] [icon_line=string] [legend_label=string] [label_layer=string] [attribute_column=name] [label_color=name] [label_bgcolor=name] [label_bcolor=name] [label_size=integer] [font=string] [encoding=string] [xref=string] [yref=string] [minreg=float] [maxreg=float] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]
Flags:
- -c
- Random colors according to category number (or layer number if 'layer=-1' is given)
- -i
- Use values from 'cats' option as feature id
- -r
- Use square root of the value of size_column
- This makes circle areas proportionate to the size_column values instead of circle radius
- -s
- Do not show this layer in vector legend
- --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
- 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
- display=string[,string,...] [required]
- Display
- Options: shape, cat, topo, vert, dir, zcoor
- Default: shape
- shape: Display geometry of features
- cat: Display category numbers of features
- topo: Display topology information (nodes, edges)
- vert: Display vertices of features
- dir: Display direction of linear features
- zcoor: Display z-coordinate of features (only for 3D vector maps)
- type=string[,string,...]
- Input feature type
- Options: point, line, boundary, centroid, area, face
- Default: point,line,area,face
- 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 population >= 10000
- color=name
- Feature color
- Either a standard color name, R:G:B triplet, or "none"
- Default: 0:29:57
- fill_color=name
- Area fill color
- Either a standard color name, R:G:B triplet, or "none"
- Default: 0:103:204
- rgb_column=name
- Colorize features according to color definition column
- Color definition in R:G:B form
- zcolor=style
- Colorize point or area features according to z-coordinate
- Options: aspect, aspectcolr, bcyr, bgyr, blues, byg, byr, celsius, corine, curvature, differences, elevation, etopo2, evi, fahrenheit, forest_cover, gdd, grass, greens, grey, grey.eq, grey.log, grey1.0, grey255, gyr, haxby, inferno, kelvin, magma, ndvi, ndwi, nlcd, oranges, plasma, population, population_dens, precipitation, precipitation_daily, precipitation_monthly, rainbow, ramp, random, reds, roygbiv, rstcurv, ryb, ryg, sepia, slope, soilmoisture, srtm, srtm_plus, terrain, viridis, water, wave
aspect: aspect oriented grey colors [range: map values]
aspectcolr: aspect oriented rainbow colors [range: 0 to 360]
bcyr: blue through cyan through yellow to red [range: map values]
bgyr: blue through green through yellow to red [range: map values]
blues: white to blue [range: map values]
byg: blue through yellow to green [range: map values]
byr: blue through yellow to red [range: map values]
celsius: blue to red for degree Celsius temperature [range: -80 to 80]
corine: EU Corine land cover colors [range: 111 to 995]
curvature: for terrain curvatures (from v.surf.rst and r.slope.aspect) [range: map values]
differences: differences oriented colors [range: map values]
elevation: maps relative ranges of raster values to elevation color ramp [range: map values]
etopo2: colors for ETOPO2 worldwide bathymetry/topography [range: -11000 to 8850]
evi: enhanced vegetative index colors [range: -1 to 1]
fahrenheit: blue to red for Fahrenheit temperature [range: -112 to 176]
forest_cover: percentage of forest cover [range: 0 to 100]
gdd: accumulated growing degree days [range: 0 to 6000]
grass: GRASS GIS green (perceptually uniform) [range: map values]
greens: white to green [range: map values]
grey: grey scale [range: map values]
grey.eq: histogram-equalized grey scale [range: map values]
grey.log: histogram logarithmic transformed grey scale [range: map values]
grey1.0: grey scale for raster values between 0.0-1.0 [range: 0 to 1]
grey255: grey scale for raster values between 0-255 [range: 0 to 255]
gyr: green through yellow to red [range: map values]
haxby: relative colors for bathymetry or topography [range: map values]
inferno: perceptually uniform sequential color table inferno [range: map values]
kelvin: blue to red for temperature in Kelvin scale [range: 193.15 to 353.15]
magma: perceptually uniform sequential color table magma [range: map values]
ndvi: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index colors [range: -1 to 1]
ndwi: Normalized Difference Water Index colors [range: -200 to 200]
nlcd: US National Land Cover Dataset colors [range: 0 to 95]
oranges: white to orange [range: map values]
plasma: perceptually uniform sequential color table plasma [range: map values]
population: color table covering human population classification breaks [range: 0 to 2e+09]
population_dens: color table covering human population density classification breaks [range: 0 to 1e+09]
precipitation: precipitation color table (0..2000mm) [range: 0 to 7000]
precipitation_daily: precipitation color table (0..1000mm) [range: 0 to 10000]
precipitation_monthly: precipitation color table (0..1000mm) [range: 0 to 1000]
rainbow: rainbow color table [range: map values]
ramp: color ramp [range: map values]
random: random color table [range: map values]
reds: white to red [range: map values]
roygbiv: [range: map values]
rstcurv: terrain curvature (from r.resamp.rst) [range: map values]
ryb: red through yellow to blue [range: map values]
ryg: red through yellow to green [range: map values]
sepia: yellowish-brown through to white [range: map values]
slope: r.slope.aspect-type slope colors for raster values 0-90 [range: 0 to 90]
soilmoisture: soilmoisture color table (0.0-1.0) [range: 0 to 1]
srtm: color palette for Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation [range: -11000 to 8850]
srtm_plus: color palette for Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation (with seafloor colors) [range: -11000 to 8850]
terrain: global elevation color table covering -11000 to +8850m [range: -11000 to 8850]
viridis: perceptually uniform sequential color table viridis [range: map values]
water: water depth [range: map values]
wave: color wave [range: map values]- width=integer
- Line width
- Default: 0
- width_column=name
- Name of numeric column containing line width
- These values will be scaled by width_scale
- width_scale=float
- Scale factor for width_column
- Default: 1
- icon=string
- Point and centroid symbol
- Options: basic/arrow, basic/arrow1, basic/arrow2, basic/arrow3, basic/box, basic/circle, basic/cross1, basic/cross2, basic/cross3, basic/diamond, basic/hexagon, basic/marker, basic/octagon, basic/pin, basic/pin_dot, basic/point, basic/pushpin, basic/star, basic/triangle, basic/x, demo/muchomurka, demo/smrk, extra/4pt_star, extra/adcp, extra/airport, extra/alpha_flag, extra/bridge, extra/dim_arrow, extra/dive_flag, extra/fiducial, extra/fish, extra/half-box, extra/half-circle, extra/offbox_ne, extra/offbox_nw, extra/offbox_se, extra/offbox_sw, extra/pentagon, extra/ping, extra/ring, extra/simple_zia, extra/target, geology/circle_cross, geology/half-arrow_left, geology/half-arrow_right, geology/strike_box, geology/strike_circle, geology/strike_cleavage, geology/strike_half-bowtie, geology/strike_line, geology/strike_parallel, geology/strike_triangle, legend/area, legend/area_curved, legend/line, legend/line_crooked, n_arrows/basic_compass, n_arrows/fancy_compass, n_arrows/n_arrow1a, n_arrows/n_arrow1b, n_arrows/n_arrow2, n_arrows/n_arrow3, n_arrows/n_arrow4, n_arrows/n_arrow5, n_arrows/n_arrow6, n_arrows/n_arrow7a, n_arrows/n_arrow7b, n_arrows/n_arrow8a, n_arrows/n_arrow8b, n_arrows/n_arrow9
- Default: basic/x
- size=float
- Symbol size
- When used with the size_column option this becomes the scale factor
- Default: 5
- size_column=name
- Name of numeric column containing symbol size
- rotation_column=name
- Name of numeric column containing symbol rotation angle
- Measured in degrees CCW from east
- icon_area=string
- Area/boundary symbol for legend
- Options: basic/arrow, basic/arrow1, basic/arrow2, basic/arrow3, basic/box, basic/circle, basic/cross1, basic/cross2, basic/cross3, basic/diamond, basic/hexagon, basic/marker, basic/octagon, basic/pin, basic/pin_dot, basic/point, basic/pushpin, basic/star, basic/triangle, basic/x, demo/muchomurka, demo/smrk, extra/4pt_star, extra/adcp, extra/airport, extra/alpha_flag, extra/bridge, extra/dim_arrow, extra/dive_flag, extra/fiducial, extra/fish, extra/half-box, extra/half-circle, extra/offbox_ne, extra/offbox_nw, extra/offbox_se, extra/offbox_sw, extra/pentagon, extra/ping, extra/ring, extra/simple_zia, extra/target, geology/circle_cross, geology/half-arrow_left, geology/half-arrow_right, geology/strike_box, geology/strike_circle, geology/strike_cleavage, geology/strike_half-bowtie, geology/strike_line, geology/strike_parallel, geology/strike_triangle, legend/area, legend/area_curved, legend/line, legend/line_crooked, n_arrows/basic_compass, n_arrows/fancy_compass, n_arrows/n_arrow1a, n_arrows/n_arrow1b, n_arrows/n_arrow2, n_arrows/n_arrow3, n_arrows/n_arrow4, n_arrows/n_arrow5, n_arrows/n_arrow6, n_arrows/n_arrow7a, n_arrows/n_arrow7b, n_arrows/n_arrow8a, n_arrows/n_arrow8b, n_arrows/n_arrow9
- Default: legend/area
- icon_line=string
- Line symbol for legend
- Options: basic/arrow, basic/arrow1, basic/arrow2, basic/arrow3, basic/box, basic/circle, basic/cross1, basic/cross2, basic/cross3, basic/diamond, basic/hexagon, basic/marker, basic/octagon, basic/pin, basic/pin_dot, basic/point, basic/pushpin, basic/star, basic/triangle, basic/x, demo/muchomurka, demo/smrk, extra/4pt_star, extra/adcp, extra/airport, extra/alpha_flag, extra/bridge, extra/dim_arrow, extra/dive_flag, extra/fiducial, extra/fish, extra/half-box, extra/half-circle, extra/offbox_ne, extra/offbox_nw, extra/offbox_se, extra/offbox_sw, extra/pentagon, extra/ping, extra/ring, extra/simple_zia, extra/target, geology/circle_cross, geology/half-arrow_left, geology/half-arrow_right, geology/strike_box, geology/strike_circle, geology/strike_cleavage, geology/strike_half-bowtie, geology/strike_line, geology/strike_parallel, geology/strike_triangle, legend/area, legend/area_curved, legend/line, legend/line_crooked, n_arrows/basic_compass, n_arrows/fancy_compass, n_arrows/n_arrow1a, n_arrows/n_arrow1b, n_arrows/n_arrow2, n_arrows/n_arrow3, n_arrows/n_arrow4, n_arrows/n_arrow5, n_arrows/n_arrow6, n_arrows/n_arrow7a, n_arrows/n_arrow7b, n_arrows/n_arrow8a, n_arrows/n_arrow8b, n_arrows/n_arrow9
- Default: legend/line
- legend_label=string
- Label to display after symbol in vector legend
- label_layer=string
- Layer number for labels (default: the given layer number)
- Vector features can have category values in different layers. This number determines which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
- Default: 1
- attribute_column=name
- Name of column to be displayed as a label
- label_color=name
- Label color
- Either a standard color name or R:G:B triplet
- Default: red
- label_bgcolor=name
- Label background color
- Either a standard color name, R:G:B triplet, or "none"
- Default: none
- label_bcolor=name
- Label border color
- Either a standard color name, R:G:B triplet, or "none"
- Default: none
- label_size=integer
- Label size (pixels)
- Default: 8
- font=string
- Font name
- encoding=string
- Text encoding
- xref=string
- Label horizontal justification
- Options: left, center, right
- Default: left
- yref=string
- Label vertical justification
- Options: top, center, bottom
- Default: center
- minreg=float
- Minimum region size (average from height and width) when map is displayed
- maxreg=float
- Maximum region size (average from height and width) when map is displayed
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DESCRIPTION
d.vect displays vector maps in the active frame on the graphics monitor.NOTES
d.vect can simply be used typing d.vect map=vector_map. There are a large variety of optional parameters which allow the user to specify vector type, colors, data fields, SQL queries, label size and justification, etc.By default d.vect areas are filled with fill_color and outlined with color. Area outlines can be suppressed with
d.vect map=vector_map color=none
d.vect map=vector_map fill_color=none
In order to display attributes in the map, attribute_column must be specified.
Feature colors may be specified by v.colors in a form of color table or in an attribute table column containing RRR:GGG:BBB values.
A table for a vector map might look like this:
db.select sql="select * from testisola" cat|label|GRASSRGB 0|no data|255:255:255 90|FRASSILONGO|23:245:67 104|LEVICO|23:145:67 139|PERGINE VALSUGANA|223:45:237 168|SANT'ORSOLA|223:45:67 190|TENNA|123:45:67
To add the GRASSRGB color column, use v.db.addcolumn:
v.db.addcolumn map=testisola columns="GRASSRGB varchar(11)"
To add/change a color, use v.db.update:
v.db.update map=testisola column=GRASSRGB value="123:45:237" where="cat=139"
A much simpler method of color coding is by using the -c flag which displays vector elements of like category number with a random color.
This module can use FreeType/TrueType fonts if they have already been selected with d.font.
Parameter width is set by default to '0'. XDRIVER specifies the precise behaviour for non-zero line width, but drivers have some freedom as to how zero-width lines are handled, so they can use the hardware's "thin line" drawing primitive, if it has one. A width of zero can potentially result in significantly faster operation. On drivers where there is no such thing as a "thin" line, the driver will use a sensible default (which might not be the same as '1').
EXAMPLES
Spearfish examples:# display roads with category numbers: d.vect map=roads display=shape,cat label_color=green # display randomly colorized soils map with attributes d.vect -c map=soils attribute_column=label # display randomly colorized selected vectors from soils map d.vect -c map=soils where="label='VBF'" display=shape attribute_column=label
3D points, 3D lines and 3D polygons colorized according to z height (for 3D lines and polygons a z height is computed by a midpoint of line/area bounding box):
g.region raster=elevation.10m r.random input=elevation.10m n=5000 vector=random3d -d d.mon start=x0 # display as black points d.vect map=random3d # display 3D points colorized according to z height d.vect map=random3d zcolor=gyr # 3D contour lines r.contour input=elevation.10m output=contour20m step=20 d.vect map=contour20m zcolor=gyr # generate 3D triangles v.delaunay input=random3d output=random3d_del # display 3D polygons colorized according to z height d.vect map=random3d_del type=area zcolor=gyr
SEE ALSO
v.colors, d.erase, d.rast, v.colors, v.db.addcolumn, v.db.updateAUTHORS
CERLRadim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy
Support for color tables by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague (8/2011)
and many other GRASS developers
SOURCE CODE
Available at: d.vect source code (history)
Latest change: Thursday Feb 03 11:10:06 2022 in commit: 547ff44e6aecfb4c9cbf6a4717fc14e521bec0be
Note: This document is for an older version of GRASS GIS that will be discontinued soon. You should upgrade, and read the current manual page.
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