[GRASS-dev] About the vector changes

[Markus Metz]

Hamish:
> Hamish:
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>>> it would be nice if v.info could work (even partially) for maps
>>>       
>> without topology built. e.g. massive LIDAR datasets.
>>     
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> MMetz:  
>   
>> It could be useful if more vector modules could support vectors without 
>> topology, most importantly all v.surf.* modules. Not a new idea, was 
>> mentioned earlier.
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> AFAIK, they already do.
>   
Oops, right.

Should v.info calculate bounding box and number of features for level 1? 
This can take some time because the whole coor file must be read, but I 
would find it useful to know the extends and number of points (, lines, 
boundaries, centroids) even for level 1. That helps setting the right 
region for the v.surf.* modules.

Markus