<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nikos, Thanks for the reply.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Will v.patch merge the attribute table so all of the data will be combined together in a new attribute table?<br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">I am trying to merge 2 files, one with plot and address info (area) and the second with property owner info (point). Both of these files contain information about the the plot of land hence they precisely overlay each </span>other, but neither
contain any data, besides geography,that can be used to merge the files.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;">Charlie</div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color:
transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Nikos Alexandris <nik@nikosalexandris.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">To:</span></b> charlie <carowan@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "grass-user@lists.osgeo.org" <grass-user@lists.osgeo.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:58 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [GRASS-user] v.overlay and points?<br> </font> </div> <br>Hi,<br><br>On Monday 18 of March 2013 20:14:54 you wrote:<br>> Im trying combine 2 vector maps, one with areas, the other with solely<br>> points.<br><br>[..]<br><br>It is not possible to use v.overlay on "points" AND "areas". Check the manual:<br><<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/v.overlay.html" target="_blank">http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/v.overlay.html</a>>.<br><br>Maybe you simply want to merge the two vector maps? In that case, v.patch <br>will do it.<br><br>Best, Nikos<br><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>