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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span DEFANGED_STYLE='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have a series of vested vector polygons,
progressing from largest to smallest, they are:</span></font></p>
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Polygon of small lake within larger marshland polygon; 3) Polygon
of very small islands within lake</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>All three polygon boundaries are currently
attributed as 'marshland', so I need a way of assigning new
attributes to the vector boundary and area for a large number of polygons in my
mapset. Do the boundary portion and area potion of a Grass 6.0 vector require
separate attribution? And once the lake polygons and island polygons have had
their attributes changed from marshland, how can I clip out the lake polygon
from the larger marshland while maintaining the island polygons?</span></font></p>
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relatively new to using the 6.0 vector programs. I may not be asking the right
kind of questions I need to.</span></font></p>
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