[GRASSLIST:5504] Restricting data summary to a specific area.

[Jason Morgan]

I have a map of parcel data in vector form and would like to restrict
my queries to a certain area. For example, in Arc View, I was able to
draw an outline around my area of interest and then extract information
for only those parcels contained in that area. Is there similar
functionality in GRASS? I don't have the money to buy ArcView, so that
isn't an option, but I really need to be able to do this.

I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right
direction.

Thanks,
Jason