<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="direction:ltr" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#660000">Now run v.distance as:<br>
v.distance from=gps_point to=river_line upload=to_along column=along
out=connectors <br>
# The output parameter hold the line segments connecting each point
to the river_line. It's required by the module to run, by has no
significance for you. <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have never tested the to_along upload type, but what is considered the "to" nearest point in this case? I mean, you will have the original points located on the endpoints of the line, isn't the nearest point the endpoint itself?</div>
<div><br></div><div>giovanni</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="direction:ltr" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#660000">
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Cheers,<br>
Micha<div class="im"><br>
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Help would be really appreciated. And I am sorry if that has been
asked before but I couldn't find a thread dealing with that.
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Best regards,
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Harald
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Micha Silver
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