[Gdal-dev] Split lines

[Maciej Sieczka]

Gustavo Ces wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I´ve got a shp with a railway net and another shp with
> points ( railstations). I want to split the net in
> smaller links, with stations in start and end points of
> lines ( railway lines). I´m searching algorithms to
> achieve this, any help?

Following modules in GRASS 6.3 might be usefull:

v.split
v.segment
v.net.*
v.lrs.*

See their manpages [1] and introduction to vector processing
in GRASS [2].

[1]http://grass.itc.it/grass63/manuals/html63_user/vector.html
[2]http://grass.itc.it/grass63/manuals/html63_user/vectorintro.html

Maciek