[GRASS-SVN] r30709 - grass/trunk/gui/wxpython/gui_modules
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svn_grass at osgeo.org
Sun Mar 23 18:02:10 EDT 2008
Author: martinl
Date: 2008-03-23 18:02:10 -0400 (Sun, 23 Mar 2008)
New Revision: 30709
Modified:
grass/trunk/gui/wxpython/gui_modules/menudata.py
Log:
wxGUI (menudata): modules' description updated (based on --interface-description, see support/update_menu_desc)
Modified: grass/trunk/gui/wxpython/gui_modules/menudata.py
===================================================================
--- grass/trunk/gui/wxpython/gui_modules/menudata.py 2008-03-23 21:59:17 UTC (rev 30708)
+++ grass/trunk/gui/wxpython/gui_modules/menudata.py 2008-03-23 22:02:10 UTC (rev 30709)
@@ -25,26 +25,32 @@
return [(
(_("File"), (
(_("Workspace"), (
+
(_("New workspace"),
_("Create new workspace file (erase current workspace settings first)"),
"self.OnWorkspaceNew",
""),
+
(_("Open existing workspace"),
_("Open existing workspace file"),
"self.OnWorkspaceOpen",
""),
+
(_("Load map layers"),
_("Load map layers into layer tree"),
"self.OnWorkspaceLoad",
""),
+
(_("Save workspace"),
_("Save current workspace to file"),
"self.OnWorkspaceSave",
""),
+
(_("Save workspace as"),
_("Save current workspace as file"),
"self.OnWorkspaceSaveAs",
""),
+
(_("Close current workspace"),
_("Close current workspace file"),
"self.OnWorkspaceClose",
@@ -53,313 +59,380 @@
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Import raster map"), (
+
(_("Multiple import formats using GDAL"),
- _("Import file in format supported by GDAL"),
+ _("Import GDAL supported raster file into a binary raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.gdal"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Aggregate ASCII xyz import"),
- _("Import aggregated ASCII xyz data"),
+ _("Create a raster map from an assemblage of many coordinates using univariate statistics."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.xyz"),
+
(_("ASCII grid import"),
- _("Import ASCII GRID (includes GRASS ASCII)"),
+ _("Converts ASCII raster file to binary raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.ascii"),
+
(_("ASCII polygons and lines import"),
- _("Import polygons and lines from ASCII file"),
+ _("Creates raster maps from ASCII polygon/line/point data files."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.poly"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Binary file import"),
- _("Import binary file (includes GTOPO30 format)"),
+ _("Import a binary raster file into a GRASS raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.bin"),
+
(_("ESRI ASCII grid import"),
- _("Import ESRI Arc/Info ASCII grid"),
+ _("Converts an ESRI ARC/INFO ascii raster file (GRID) into a (binary) raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.arc"),
+
(_("GRIDATB.FOR import"),
- _("Import GRIDATB.FOR map file (TOPMODEL)"),
+ _("Imports GRIDATB.FOR map file (TOPMODEL) into GRASS raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.gridatb"),
+
(_("MAT-File (v.4) import"),
- _("Import MAT-File (v.4) array (Matlab or Octave)"),
+ _("Imports a binary MAT-File(v4) to a GRASS raster."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.mat"),
+
(_("SPOT NDVI import"),
- _("Import SPOT vegetation NDVI data sets"),
+ _("Import of SPOT VGT NDVI file into a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
- "r.in.spotvgt"),
+ "i.in.spotvgt"),
+
(_("SRTM HGT import"),
- _("Import SRTM HGT files"),
- "self.OnMenuCmd", "r.in.srtm"),
+ _("Import SRTM HGT files into GRASS"),
+ "self.OnMenuCmd",
+ "r.in.srtm"),
+
(_("Terra ASTER HDF import"),
- _("Import Terra ASTER HDF files"),
+ _("Georeference, rectify and import Terra-ASTER imagery and relative DEM's using gdalwarp."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.aster"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("WMS import"),
- _("Import Web Mapping Server layer"),
+ _("Downloads and imports data from WMS servers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.in.wms"),
)
),
(_("Import vector map"), (
+
(_("Multiple import formats using OGR"),
- _("Import file in format supported by OGR (e.g. Shapefile)"),
+ _("Convert OGR vector layers to GRASS vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.ogr"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("ASCII points/GRASS ASCII vector import"),
- _("Import ASCII points file or GRASS ASCII vector file"),
+ _("Creates a vector map from ASCII points file or ASCII vector file."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.ascii"),
+
(_("Old GRASS vector import"),
- _("Import file in old GRASS vector format"),
+ _("Imports older versions of GRASS vector maps."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.convert"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("DXF import"),
- _("Import DXF file"),
+ _("Converts files in DXF format to GRASS vector map format."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.dxf"),
+
(_("ESRI e00 import"),
- _("Import ESRI e00 file"),
+ _("Import E00 file into a vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.e00"),
+
(_("Garmin GPS import"),
- _("Import Garmin GPS Waypoints/Routes/Tracks"),
+ _("Download waypoints, routes, and tracks from a Garmin GPS receiver into a vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.garmin"),
+
(_("GPSBabel GPS import"),
- _("Import GPS Waypoints/Routes/Tracks using GPSBabel"),
+ _("Import waypoints, routes, and tracks from a GPS receiver or GPS download file into a vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.gpsbabel"),
+
(_("GEOnet import"),
- _("Import GEOnet Name server country files (US-NGA GNS)"),
+ _("Imports US-NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) country files into a GRASS vector points map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.gns"),
+
(_("Matlab and MapGen import"),
- _("Import Matlab and MapGen files"),
+ _("Import Mapgen or Matlab vector maps into GRASS."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.mapgen"),
)
),
(_("Import grid 3D volume"), (
+
(_("ASCII 3D import"),
- _("Import ASCII Raster 3D file"),
+ _("Convert a 3D ASCII raster text file into a (binary) 3D raster map layer"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.in.ascii"),
+
(_("Vis5D import"),
- _("Import Vis5D file"),
+ _("import of 3-dimensional Vis5D files (i.e. the v5d file with 1 variable and 1 time step)"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.in.v5d"),
)
),
(_("Import database table"), (
+
(_("Multiple import formats using OGR"),
- _("Import database file in format supported by OGR"),
+ _("Imports attribute tables in various formats."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.in.ogr"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Export raster map"), (
+
(_("Multiple export formats using GDAL"),
- _("Export raster map to format supported by GDAL"),
+ _("Exports GRASS raster map into GDAL supported formats."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.gdal"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("ASCII grid export"),
- _("Export ASCII grid (for GRASS, Surfer, Modflow, etc.)"),
+ _("Converts a raster map layer into an ASCII text file."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.ascii"),
+
(_("ASCII x,y,z export"),
- _("Export ASCII x,y,z values of cell centers"),
+ _("Export a raster map to a text file as x,y,z values based on cell centers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.xyz"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("ESRI ASCII grid export"),
- _("Export ESRI Arc/Info ASCII grid"),
+ _("Converts a raster map layer into an ESRI ARCGRID file."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.arc"),
+
(_("GRIDATB.FOR export"),
- _("Export GRIDATB.FOR map file (TOPMODEL)"),
+ _("Exports GRASS raster map to GRIDATB.FOR map file (TOPMODEL)"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.gridatb"),
+
(_("MAT-File (v.4) export"),
- _("Export MAT-File (v.4) array (Matlab or Octave)"),
+ _("Exports a GRASS raster to a binary MAT-File."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.mat"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Binary export"),
- _("Export binary file"),
+ _("Exports a GRASS raster to a binary array."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.bin"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("MPEG-1 export"),
- _("Export MPEG-1 animations"),
+ _("Raster File Series to MPEG Conversion Program."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.mpeg"),
+
(_("PNG export"),
- _("Export PNG image (not georeferenced)"),
+ _("Export GRASS raster as non-georeferenced PNG image format."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.png"),
+
(_("PPM export"),
- _("Export PPM image (24bit)"),
+ _("Converts a GRASS raster map to a PPM image file at the pixel resolution of the currently defined region."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.ppm"),
+
(_("PPM from RGB export"),
- _("Export PPM image from red, green, blue raster maps"),
+ _("Converts 3 GRASS raster layers (R,G,B) to a PPM image file at the pixel resolution of the CURRENTLY DEFINED REGION."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.ppm3"),
+
(_("POV-Ray export"),
- _("Export POVray height-field"),
+ _("Converts a raster map layer into a height-field file for POVRAY."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.pov"),
+
(_("TIFF export"),
- _("Export TIFF image (8/24bit)"),
+ _("Exports a GRASS raster map to a 8/24bit TIFF image file at the pixel resolution of the currently defined region."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.tiff"),
+
(_("VRML export"),
- _("Export VRML file"),
+ _("Export a raster map to the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.vrml"),
+
(_("VTK export"),
- _("Export VTK ASCII file"),
+ _("Converts raster maps into the VTK-Ascii format"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.out.vtk"),
)
),
(_("Export vector map"), (
+
(_("Multiple export formats using OGR"),
- _("Export vector map to format supported by OGR (e.g. Shapefile)"),
+ _("Converts to one of the supported OGR vector formats."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.out.ogr"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("ASCII points/GRASS ASCII vector export"),
- _("Export vector map into ASCII points file or GRASS ASCII vector file"),
+ _("Converts a GRASS binary vector map to a GRASS ASCII vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.out.ascii"),
+
(_("DXF export"),
- _("Export vector map into DXF file"),
+ _("Exports GRASS vector map layers to DXF file format."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.out.dxf"),
+
(_("POV-Ray export"),
- _("Export vector map into POV-Ray format file"),
+ _("Converts to POV-Ray format, GRASS x,y,z -> POV-Ray x,z,y"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.out.pov"),
+
(_("SVG export"),
- _("Export vector map into SVG file"),
+ _("Exports a GRASS vector map to SVG."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.out.svg"),
+
(_("VTK export"),
- _("Export vector map into VTK ASCII file"),
+ _("Converts a GRASS binary vector map to VTK ASCII output."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.out.vtk"),
)
),
(_("Export grid 3D volume"), (
+
(_("ASCII 3D export"),
- _("Export ASCII 3D file"),
+ _("Converts a 3D raster map layer into an ASCII text file"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.out.ascii"),
+
(_("Vis5D export"),
- _("Export Vis5D file"),
+ _("Export of GRASS 3D raster map to 3-dimensional Vis5D file."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.out.v5d"),
+
(_("VTK export"),
- _("Export VTK ASCII file"),
+ _("Converts 3D raster maps (G3D) into the VTK-Ascii format"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.out.vtk"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Manage maps and volumes"), (
+
(_("Copy"),
- _("Copy maps (GIS elements) within mapsets or between mapsets"),
+ _("Copies available data files in the user's current mapset search path and location to the appropriate element directories under the user's current mapset."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.copy"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("List"),
- _("List by type"),
+ _("Lists available GRASS data base files of the user-specified data type to standard output."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.list"),
+
(_("List filtered"),
- _("List maps (GIS elements) filtered by expressions and wildcards"),
+ _("Apply regular expressions and wildcards to g.list"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.mlist"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Rename"),
- _("Rename maps (GIS elements)"),
+ _("Renames data base element files in the user's current mapset."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.rename"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Delete"),
- _("Delete maps (GIS elements)"),
+ _("Removes data base element files from the user's current mapset."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.remove"),
+
(_("Delete filtered"),
- _("Delete maps (GIS elements) using expressions and wildcards"),
+ _("Apply regular expressions and wildcards to g.remove"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.mremove"),
)
),
(_("Map type conversions"), (
+
(_("Raster to vector"),
- _("Convert raster to vector map"),
+ _("Converts a raster map into a vector map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.to.vect"),
+
(_("Raster series to volume"),
- _("Convert raster map series to volume"),
+ _("Converts 2D raster map slices to one 3D raster volume map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.to.rast3"),
+
(_("Raster 2.5D to volume"),
- _("Convert raster 2.5D map to volume"),
+ _("Creates a 3D volume map based on 2D elevation and value raster maps."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.to.rast3elev"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Vector to raster"),
- _("Convert vector to raster map"),
+ _("Converts a binary GRASS vector map layer into a GRASS raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.to.rast"),
+
(_("Vector to volume"),
- _("Convert vector 3D points to volume voxels"),
+ _("Converts a binary GRASS vector map (only points) layer into a 3D GRASS raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.to.rast3"),
+
(_("Sites to vector"),
- _("Convert sites (GRASS 5) to vector map"),
+ _("Converts a GRASS site_lists file into a vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.sites"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Volume to raster series"),
- _("Convert 3D raster to raster series map"),
+ _("Converts 3D raster maps to 2D raster maps"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.to.rast"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Georectify"),
_("Georectify raster and vector maps"),
"self.OnGeorectify",
""),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("NVIZ (requires Tcl/Tk)"),
- _("N-Dimensional visualization of 2D and 3D raster/vector maps"),
+ _("nviz - Visualization and animation tool for GRASS data"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"nviz"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Bearing/distance to coordinates"),
- _("Convert between bearing/distance and coordinates"),
+ _("It assumes a cartesian coordinate system"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"m.cogo"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Postscript plot"),
- _("Create cartographic PostScript plot"),
+ _("Hardcopy PostScript map output utility."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"ps.map"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("E&xit"),
_("Exit GUI"),
"self.OnCloseWindow",
@@ -368,59 +441,71 @@
),
(_("Config"), (
(_("Region"), (
+
(_("Display region"),
- _("Display region settings (bounding box and resolution)"),
+ _("Manages the boundary definitions for the geographic region."),
"self.RunMenuCmd",
"g.region -p"),
+
(_("Set region"),
- _("Change region settings"),
+ _("Manages the boundary definitions for the geographic region."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.region"),
)
),
(_("GRASS working environment"), (
+
(_("Mapset access"),
_("Set/unset access to other mapsets in current location"),
"self.OnMapsets",
""),
+
(_("Change working environment"),
- _("Change current working session to new mapset, location, or data directory"),
+ _("Change current mapset."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.mapset"),
+
(_("User access"),
- _("Change access by other users to current mapset"),
+ _("Controls access to the current mapset for other users on the system."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.access"),
+
(_("Show settings"),
- _("Show current GRASS environment settings"),
+ _("Outputs and modifies the user's current GRASS variable settings."),
"self.RunMenuCmd",
"g.gisenv --v"),
+
(_("Change settings"),
- _("Change GRASS environment settings"),
+ _("Outputs and modifies the user's current GRASS variable settings."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.gisenv"),
+
(_("Version"),
- _("Show current GRASS version"),
+ _("Displays version and copyright information."),
"self.RunMenuCmd",
"g.version -c"),
)
),
(_("Manage projections"), (
+
(_("Manage projections"),
- _("Show projection information and create projection files"),
+ _("Converts co-ordinate system descriptions (i.e. projection information) between various formats (including GRASS format). Can also be used to create GRASS locations."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"g.proj"),
+
(_("Projection for current location"),
_("Create/edit projection information for current location"),
"self.OnXTerm",
"g.setproj"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Convert coordinates"),
- _("Convert coordinates from one projection to another"),
+ _("Convert coordinates from one projection to another (cs2cs frontend)."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"m.proj"),
)
),
+
(_("Preferences"),
_("User GUI preferences (display font, commands, digitizer, etc.)"),
"self.OnPreferences",
@@ -429,543 +514,660 @@
),
(_("Raster"), (
(_("Develop raster map"), (
+
(_("Digitize raster (requires XTerm)"),
_("Digitize raster map"),
"self.OnXTerm",
"r.digit"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Compress/decompress"),
- _("Compress/decompress raster file"),
+ _("Compresses and decompresses raster maps."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.compress"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Region boundaries"),
- _("Manage region boundary definition"),
+ _("Sets the boundary definitions for a raster map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.region"),
+
(_("Manage NULL values"),
- _("Manage NULL values"),
+ _("Creates explicitly the NULL-value bitmap file."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.null"),
+
(_("Quantization"),
- _("Quantization for floating-point maps"),
+ _("Produces the quantization file for a floating-point map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.quant"),
+
(_("Timestamp"),
- _("Manage timestamp for files"),
+ _("Print/add/remove a timestamp for a raster map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.timestamp"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Resample using aggregate statistics"),
- _("Resample raster map (change resolution) using aggregate statistics"),
+ _("Resamples raster map layers using aggregation."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.resamp.stats"),
+
(_("Resample using multiple methods"),
- _("Resample raster map (change resolution) using nearest neighbor, bilinear, or bicubic interpolation"),
+ _("Resamples raster map layers using interpolation."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.resamp.interp"),
+
(_("Resample using nearest neighbor"),
- _("Resample raster map (change resolution) using nearest neighbor interpolation"),
+ _("GRASS raster map layer data resampling capability."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.resample"),
+
(_("Resample using spline tension"),
- _("Resample raster map (change resolution) using regularized spline tension"),
+ _("Reinterpolates and optionally computes topographic analysis from input raster map to a new raster map (possibly with different resolution) using regularized spline with tension and smoothing."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.resamp.rst"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Support file maintenance"),
- _("Support raster map file creation and maintenance"),
+ _("Allows creation and/or modification of raster map layer support files."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.support"),
+
(_("Update map statistics"),
_("Update raster map statistics"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.support.stats"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Reproject raster"),
- _("Reproject raster map from other location"),
+ _("Re-projects a raster map from one location to the current location."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.proj"),
+
(_("Tiling"),
- _("Generate tiling for other projection"),
+ _("Produces tilings of the source projection for use in the destination region and projection."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.tileset"),
- )),
+ )
+ ),
(_("Manage colors"), (
+
(_("Color tables"),
- _("Set colors to predefined color tables"),
+ _("Creates/modifies the color table associated with a raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.colors"),
+
(_("Color rules"),
_("Set colors interactively by entering color rules"),
"self.RulesCmd",
"r.colors"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Blend 2 color rasters"),
- _("Blend 2 color raster maps to produce 3 RGB files"),
+ _("Blends color components of two raster maps by a given ratio."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.blend"),
+
(_("Create RGB"),
- _("Create color image from RGB raster maps"),
+ _("Combines red, green and blue map layers into a single composite map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.composite"),
+
(_("RGB to HIS"),
- _("Create 3 RGB (red, green, blue) maps from 3 HIS (hue, intensity, saturation) maps"),
+ _("Generates red, green and blue raster map layers combining hue, intensity and saturation (HIS) values from user-specified input raster map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.his"),
- )),
+ )
+ ),
+
(_("Query by coordinates"),
- _("Query raster map by coordinates"),
+ _("Queries raster map layers on their category values and category labels."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.what"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Buffer rasters"),
- _("Create raster buffers around raster objects"),
+ _("Creates a raster map layer showing buffer zones surrounding cells that contain non-NULL category values."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.buffer"),
+
(_("Closest points"),
- _("r.distance"),
+ _("Locates the closest points between objects in two raster maps."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.distance"),
+
(_("Mask"),
- _("Develop raster mask"),
+ _("Create a MASK for limiting raster operation"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.mask"),
+
(_("Map calculator"),
_("Map calculator for raster map algebra"),
"self.DispMapCalculator",
""),
(_("Neighborhood analysis"), (
+
(_("Moving window"),
- _("Moving window analysis of raster cells"),
+ _("Makes each cell category value a function of the category values assigned to the cells around it, and stores new cell values in an output raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.neighbors"),
+
(_("Neighborhood points"),
- _("Analyze vector points in neighborhood of raster cells"),
+ _("Makes each cell value a function of the attribute values assigned to the vector points or centroids around it, and stores new cell values in an output raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.neighbors"),
)
),
(_("Overlay rasters"), (
+
(_("Cross product"),
- _("Create raster cross product"),
+ _("Creates a cross product of the category values from multiple raster map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.cross"),
+
(_("Raster series"),
- _("Function of raster map series (time series)"),
+ _("Makes each output cell value a function of the values assigned to the corresponding cells in the input raster map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.series"),
+
(_("Patch raster maps"),
- _("Patch several raster maps"),
+ _("Creates a composite raster map layer by using known category values from one (or more) map layer(s) to fill in areas of \"no data\" in another map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.patch"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Statistical overlay"),
- _("Statistical calculations for cover raster map over base raster map"),
+ _("Calculates category or object oriented statistics."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.statistics"),
)
),
(_("Solar radiance and shadows"), (
+
(_("Solar irradiance and irradiation"),
- _("Solar irradiance and daily irradiation"),
+ _("Computes direct (beam), diffuse and reflected solar irradiation raster maps for given day, latitude, surface and atmospheric conditions. Solar parameters (e.g. sunrise, sunset times, declination, extraterrestrial irradiance, daylight length) are saved in the map history file. Alternatively, a local time can be specified to compute solar incidence angle and/or irradiance raster maps. The shadowing effect of the topography is optionally incorporated."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.sun"),
+
(_("Shadows map"),
- _("Shadows raster map for sun position or date/time"),
+ _("Calculates cast shadow areas from sun position and DEM. Either A: exact sun position is specified, or B: date/time to calculate the sun position by r.sunmask itself."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.sunmask"),
)
),
(_("Terrain analysis"), (
+
(_("Cumulative movement costs"),
- _("Calculate cumulative movement costs between locales"),
+ _("Outputs a raster map layer showing the anisotropic cumulative cost of moving between different geographic locations on an input elevation raster map layer whose cell category values represent elevation combined with an input raster map layer whose cell values represent friction cost."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.walk"),
+
(_("Cost surface"),
- _("Create raster map of cost surface"),
+ _("Outputs a raster map layer showing the cumulative cost of moving between different geographic locations on an input raster map layer whose cell category values represent cost."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.cost"),
+
(_("Least cost route or flow"),
- _("Create raster map of least cost route or flow"),
+ _("Traces a flow through an elevation model on a raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.drain"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Shaded relief"),
- _("Shaded relief raster map"),
+ _("Creates shaded relief map from an elevation map (DEM)."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.shaded.relief"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Slope and aspect"),
- _("Create raster map of slope and aspect"),
+ _("Generates raster map layers of slope, aspect, curvatures and partial derivatives from a raster map layer of true elevation values. Aspect is calculated counterclockwise from east."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.slope.aspect"),
+
(_("Terrain parameters"),
- _("Calculate terrain parameters"),
+ _("Uses a multi-scale approach by taking fitting quadratic parameters to any size window (via least squares)."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.param.scale"),
+
(_("Textural features"),
- _("Textural features analysis"),
+ _("Generate images with textural features from a raster map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.texture"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Visibility"),
- _("Visibility and line of sight"),
+ _("Line-of-sight raster analysis program."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.los"),
)
),
(_("Transform features"), (
+
(_("Clump"),
- _("Clump small areas (statistics calculated by r.volume)"),
+ _("Recategorizes data in a raster map layer by grouping cells that form physically discrete areas into unique categories."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.clump"),
+
(_("Grow"),
- _("Grow raster areas"),
+ _("Generates a raster map layer with contiguous areas grown by one cell."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.grow"),
+
(_("Thin"),
- _("Thin linear features"),
+ _("Thins non-zero cells that denote linear features in a raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.thin"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Hydrologic modeling"), (
+
(_("Carve stream channels"),
- _("Carve stream channels into elevation map using vector streams map"),
+ _("Takes vector stream data, transforms it to raster and subtracts depth from the output DEM."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.carve"),
+
(_("Fill lake"),
- _("Fill lake from seed point to specified level"),
+ _("Fills lake from seed at given level"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.lake"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Depressionless map and flowlines"),
- _("Depressionless elevation map and flowline map"),
+ _("Filters and generates a depressionless elevation map and a flow direction map from a given elevation layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.fill.dir"),
+
(_("Flow accumulation"),
- _("Flow accumulation for massive grids"),
+ _("Flow computation for massive grids (Float version)."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.terraflow"),
+
(_("Flow lines"),
- _("Generate flow lines for raster map"),
+ _("Construction of slope curves (flowlines), flowpath lengths, and flowline densities (upslope areas) from a raster digital elevation model (DEM)"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.flow"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("SIMWE Overland flow modeling"),
- _("SIMWE overland flow modeling analysis"),
+ _("Overland flow hydrologic simulation using path sampling method (SIMWE)"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.sim.water"),
+
(_("SIMWE Sediment flux modeling"),
- _("SIMWE sediment erosion, transport, deposition modeling"),
+ _("Sediment transport and erosion/deposition simulation using path sampling method (SIMWE)"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.sim.sediment"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Topographic index map"),
- _("Create topographic index raster map"),
+ _("Creates topographic index [ln(a/tan(beta))] map from elevation map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.topidx"),
+
(_("TOPMODEL simulation"),
- _("TOPMODEL simulation analysis"),
+ _("Simulates TOPMODEL which is a physically based hydrologic model."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.topmodel"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Watershed subbasins"),
- _("Watershed subbasins modelling"),
+ _("Generates a raster map layer showing watershed subbasins."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.basins.fill"),
+
(_("Watershed analysis"),
- _("Run watershed analysis"),
+ _("Watershed basin analysis program."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.watershed"),
+
(_("Watershed basin creation"),
- _("Watershed basin creation"),
+ _("Watershed basin creation program."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.water.outlet"),
)
),
(_("Landscape structure modeling"), (
+
(_("Set up (requires XTerm)"),
_("Set up sampling and analysis framework"),
"self.OnXTerm",
"r.le.setup"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Analyze landscape"),
- _("Analyze landscape characteristics"),
+ _("Contains a set of measures for attributes, diversity, texture, juxtaposition, and edge."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.le.pixel"),
+
(_("Analyze patches"),
- _("Analyze landscape patch characteristics"),
+ _("Calculates attribute, patch size, core (interior) size, shape, fractal dimension, and perimeter measures for sets of patches in a landscape."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.le.patch"),
+
(_("Output"),
- _("Output landscape patch information"),
+ _("Displays the boundary of each r.le patch and shows how the boundary is traced, displays the attribute, size, perimeter and shape indices for each patch and saves the data in an output file."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.le.trace"),
)
),
(_("Landscape patch analysis"), (
+
(_("Set up sampling and analysis framework"),
- _("Configure and create patch map for analysis"),
+ _("Configuration editor for r.li.'index'"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.setup"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Edge density"),
- _("Calculate edge density index using a 4 neighbour algorithm"),
+ _("Calculates edge density index on a raster map, using a 4 neighbour algorithm"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.edgedensity"),
+
(_("Contrast weighted edge density"),
- _("Calculate contrast weighted edge density index"),
+ _("Calculates contrast weighted edge density index on a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.cwed"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Patch area mean"),
- _("Calculate mean patch size index using a 4 neighbour algorithm"),
+ _("Calculates mean patch size index on a raster map, using a 4 neighbour algorithm"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.mps"),
+
(_("Patch area range"),
- _("Calculate range of patch area size"),
+ _("Calculates range of patch area size on a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.padrange"),
+
(_("Patch area Std Dev"),
- _("Calculate standard deviation of patch area"),
+ _("Calculates standard deviation of patch area a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.padsd"),
+
(_("Patch area Coeff Var"),
- _("Calculate coefficient of variation of patch area"),
+ _("Calculates coefficient of variation of patch area on a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.padcv"),
+
(_("Patch density"),
- _("Calculate patch density index using a 4 neighbour algorithm"),
+ _("Calculates patch density index on a raster map, using a 4 neighbour algorithm"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.patchdensity"),
+
(_("Patch number"),
- _("Calculate patch number index using a 4 neighbour algorithm"),
+ _("Calculates patch number index on a raster map, using a 4 neighbour algorithm."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.patchnum"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Dominance's diversity"),
- _("Calculate Dominance's diversity index"),
+ _("Calculates dominance's diversity index on a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.dominance"),
+
(_("Shannon's diversity"),
- _("Calculate Shannon's diversity index"),
+ _("Calculates Shannon's diversity index on a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.shannon"),
+
(_("Simpson's diversity"),
- _("Calculate Simpson's diversity index"),
+ _("Calculates Simpson's diversity index on a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.simpson"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Richness"),
- _("Calculate richness index"),
+ _("Calculates dominance's diversity index on a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.richness"),
+
(_("Shape index"),
- _("Calculate shape index"),
+ _("Calculates shape index on a raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.li.shape"),
)
),
(_("Wildfire modeling"), (
+
(_("Rate of spread"),
- _("Generate rate of spread (ROS) maps"),
+ _("Generates three, or four raster map layers showing 1) the base (perpendicular) rate of spread (ROS), 2) the maximum (forward) ROS, 3) the direction of the maximum ROS, and optionally 4) the maximum potential spotting distance."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.ros"),
+
(_("Least-cost spread paths"),
- _("Generate least-cost spread paths"),
+ _("Recursively traces the least cost path backwards to cells from which the cumulative cost was determined."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.spreadpath"),
+
(_("Anisotropic spread simulation"),
- _("Simulate anisotropic spread phenomena"),
+ _("It optionally produces raster maps to contain backlink UTM coordinates for tracing spread paths."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.spread"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Change category values and labels"), (
+
(_("Interactively edit category values"),
- _("Edit category values of individual cells for displayed raster map"),
+ _("Interactively edit cell values in a raster map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"d.rast.edit"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Reclassify by size"),
- _("Reclassify raster categories for raster areas of specified sizes"),
+ _("Reclasses a raster map greater or less than user specified area size (in hectares)"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.reclass.area"),
+
(_("Reclassify interactively"),
_("Reclassify raster categories interactively by entering reclass rules"),
"self.RulesCmd",
"r.reclass"),
+
(_("Reclassify using rules file"),
- _("Reclassify raster categories by inputting reclass rules from a text file"),
+ _("Creates a new map layer whose category values are based upon a reclassification of the categories in an existing raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.reclass"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Recode interactively"),
_("Recode raster categories interactively by entering recode rules (create new raster map)"),
"self.RulesCmd",
"r.recode"),
+
(_("Recode using rules file"),
- _("Recode raster categories by inputting recode rules from a text file (create new map)"),
+ _("r.recode.rules - Use ascii rules file to recode categories in raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.recode.file"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Rescale"),
- _("Rescale raster categories (create new raster map)"),
+ _("Rescales the range of category values in a raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.rescale"),
+
(_("Rescale with histogram"),
- _("Rescale raster categories with equalized histogram (create new raster map)"),
+ _("Rescales histogram equalized the range of category values in a raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.rescale.eq"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Concentric circles"),
- _("Generate concentric circles around points"),
+ _("Creates a raster map containing concentric rings around a given point."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.circle"),
(_("Generate random cells"), (
+
(_("Random cells"),
- _("Generate random raster cells"),
+ _("Generates random cell values with spatial dependence."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.random.cells"),
+
(_("Random cells and vector points"),
- _("Generate random raster cells and vector points from raster map"),
+ _("Creates a raster map layer and vector point map containing randomly located sites."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.random"),
)
),
(_("Generate surfaces"), (
+
(_("Fractal surface"),
- _("Generate fractal surface"),
+ _("Creates a fractal surface of a given fractal dimension."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.surf.fractal"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Gaussian kernel density surface"),
- _("Generate density surface using moving Gaussian kernel"),
+ _("Generates a raster density map from vector points data using a moving 2D isotropic Gaussian kernel or optionally generates a vector density map on vector network with a 1D kernel."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.kernel"),
+
(_("Gaussian deviates surface"),
- _("Generate gaussian deviates surface"),
+ _("GRASS module to produce a raster map layer of gaussian deviates whose mean and standard deviation can be expressed by the user. It uses a gaussian random number generator."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.surf.gauss"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Plane"),
- _("Generate plane"),
+ _("Creates raster plane map given dip (inclination), aspect (azimuth) and one point."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.plane"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Random deviates surface"),
- _("Generate random deviates surface"),
+ _("Produces a raster map layer of uniform random deviates whose range can be expressed by the user."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.surf.random"),
+
(_("Random surface with spatial dependence"),
- _("Generate random surface with spatial dependence"),
+ _("Generates random surface(s) with spatial dependence."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.random.surface"),
)
),
+
(_("Generate contour lines"),
- _("Generate vector contour lines"),
+ _("Produces a vector map layer of specified contours from a raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.contour"),
(_("Interpolate surfaces"), (
+
(_("Bilinear from raster points"),
- _("Bilinear interpolation from raster points"),
+ _("Bilinear interpolation utility for raster map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.bilinear"),
+
(_("Bilinear and bicubic from vector points"),
- _("Bicubic and bilinear interpolation with Tykhonov regularization from vector points"),
+ _("Bicubic or bilinear spline interpolation with Tykhonov regularization."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.surf.bspline"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("IDW from raster points"),
- _("Inverse distance weighted interpolation from raster points"),
+ _("Surface interpolation utility for raster map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.surf.idw"),
+
(_("IDW from vector points"),
- _("Inverse distance weighted interpolation from vector points"),
+ _("Surface interpolation from vector point data by Inverse Distance Squared Weighting."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.surf.idw"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Raster contours"),
- _("Interpolation from raster contour"),
+ _("Surface generation program from rasterized contours."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.surf.contour"),
+
(_("Regularized spline tension"),
- _("Regularized spline tension interpolation from vector points or contours"),
+ _("Spatial approximation and topographic analysis from given point or isoline data in vector format to floating point raster format using regularized spline with tension."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.surf.rst"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Fill NULL cells"),
- _("Fill NULL raster cells by interpolation using regularized spline tension"),
+ _("Fills no-data areas in raster maps using v.surf.rst splines interpolation"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.fillnulls"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Report and statistics"), (
+
(_("Basic raster metadata"),
- _("Report basic raster map metadata"),
+ _("Output basic information about a raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.info"),
+
(_("Manage category information"),
- _("Manage raster categories labels and values"),
+ _("Manages category values and labels associated with user-specified raster map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.category"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("General statistics"),
- _("General raster map statistics"),
+ _("Generates area statistics for raster map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.stats"),
+
(_("Range of category values"),
- _("Range of all raster category values"),
+ _("Prints terse list of category values found in a raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.describe"),
+
(_("Sum category values"),
- _("Sum all raster category values"),
+ _("Sums up the raster cell values."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.sum"),
+
(_("Sum area by raster map and category"),
- _("Calculate sum of area by raster map and category"),
+ _("Reports statistics for raster map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.report"),
+
(_("Statistics for clumped cells"),
- _("Summary statistics for clumped raster map (work with r.clump)"),
+ _("Calculates the volume of data \"clumps\", and (optionally) produces a GRASS vector points map containing the calculated centroids of these clumps."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.volume"),
+
(_("Total corrected area"),
- _("Total surface area corrected for topography"),
+ _("Surface area estimation for rasters."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.surf.area"),
+
(_("Univariate raster statistics"),
- _("Calculate univariate statistics for raster categories"),
+ _("Calculates univariate statistics from the non-null cells of a raster map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.univar"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Sample transects"),
- _("Sample values along transects"),
+ _("Outputs the raster map layer values lying on user-defined line(s)."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.profile"),
+
(_("Sample transects (bearing/distance)"),
- _("Sample values along transects (use azimuth, distance)"),
+ _("Outputs raster map layer values lying along user defined transect line(s)."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.transect"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Covariance/correlation"),
- _("Covariance/correlation calculation"),
+ _("Outputs a covariance/correlation matrix for user-specified raster map layer(s)."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.covar"),
+
(_("Linear regression"),
- _("Linear regression between 2 raster maps"),
+ _("Calculates linear regression from two raster maps: y = a + b*x"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.regression.line"),
+
(_("Mutual category occurrences"),
- _("Mutual category occurrences (coincidence)"),
+ _("Tabulates the mutual occurrence (coincidence) of categories for two raster map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.coin"),
)
@@ -974,302 +1176,360 @@
),
(_("Vector"), (
(_("Develop vector map"), (
+
(_("Create new vector map"),
_("Create new empty vector map"),
"self.OnNewVector",
""),
- # (_("Digitize vector map"),
- # _("Digitize/edit vector map"),
- # "self.OnMenuCmd",
- # "v.digit"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Create/rebuild topology"),
- _("Create or rebuild topology of vector objects"),
+ _("Creates topology for GRASS vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.build"),
+
(_("Clean vector map"),
- _("Clean vector objects (topologically incorect)"),
+ _("Toolset for cleaning topology of vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.clean"),
+
(_("Generalization"),
- _("Smooth, simplify, displace, or generalize a vector map"),
+ _("Vector based generalization."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.generalize"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Convert object types"),
- _("Convert vector objects from one feature type to another"),
+ _("Change the type of geometry elements."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.type.sh"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Add centroids"),
- _("Add centroids to closed boundaries to create areas"),
+ _("Adds missing centroids to closed boundaries."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.centroids"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Build polylines"),
- _("Build polylines from adjacent segments"),
+ _("Builds polylines from lines or boundaries."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.build.polylines"),
+
(_("Split polylines"),
- _("Split polylines into points and segments"),
+ _("Creates points/segments from input vector lines and positions."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.segment"),
+
(_("Parallel lines"),
- _("Create lines parallel to existing lines"),
+ _("Create parallel line to input lines"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.parallel"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Dissolve boundaries"),
- _("Dissolve common boundaries of areas"),
+ _("Dissolves boundaries between adjacent areas sharing a common category number or attribute."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.dissolve"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Create 3D vector over raster"),
- _("Create 3D objects by sampling raster map with 2D vector map"),
+ _("Converts vector map to 3D by sampling of elevation raster map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.drape"),
+
(_("Extrude 3D vector map"),
- _("Extrude 3D objects from 2D vector map"),
+ _("Extrudes flat vector object to 3D with defined height."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.extrude"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Link to OGR"),
- _("Create new vector map as link to external OGR layer"),
+ _("Available drivers: ESRI Shapefile,MapInfo File,UK .NTF,SDTS,TIGER,S57,DGN,VRT,REC,Memory,BNA,CSV,GML,GPX,KML,GeoJSON,GMT,SQLite,ODBC,PGeo,PostgreSQL,AVCBin"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.external"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Create labels"),
- _("Create text label file for vector features"),
+ _("Creates paint labels for a vector map from attached attributes."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.label"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Reposition vector map"),
- _("Reposition (shift, rotate, skew) vector map in coordinate space"),
+ _("Performs an affine transformation (shift, scale and rotate, or GPCs) on vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.transform"),
+
(_("Reproject vector map"),
- _("Reproject vector map from other location"),
+ _("Allows projection conversion of vector maps."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.proj"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Query with attributes"),
- _("Query vector objects by attribute values (create new vector map)"),
+ _("Selects vector objects from an existing vector map and creates a new map containing only the selected objects."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.extract"),
+
(_("Query with coordinate(s)"),
- _("Query vector objects by coordinate(s)"),
+ _("Queries a vector map layer at given locations."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.what"),
+
(_("Query with another vector map"),
- _("Query objects using objects from a second vector map"),
+ _("Select features from ainput by features from binput"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.select"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Buffer vectors"),
- _("Create vector buffers around vector objects"),
+ _("Creates a buffer around features of given type (areas must contain centroid)."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.buffer"),
(_("Lidar analysis"), (
+
(_("Detect edges"),
- _("Detect object edges in Lidar data"),
+ _("Detects the object's edges from a LIDAR data set."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.lidar.edgedetection"),
+
(_("Detect interiors"),
- _("Detect interiors of objects in Lidar data"),
+ _("Building contour determination and Region Growing algorithm for determining the building inside"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.lidar.growing"),
+
(_("Correct and reclassify objects"),
- _("Correct and reclassify objects detected in Lidar data"),
+ _("Correction of the v.lidar.growing output. It is the last of the three algorithms for LIDAR filtering."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.lidar.correction"),
)
),
(_("Linear referencing"), (
+
(_("Create LRS"),
- _("Create linear reference system"),
+ _("Create Linear Reference System"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.lrs.create"),
+
(_("Create stationing"),
_("Create stationing from input lines, and linear reference system"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.lrs.label"),
+
(_("Create points/segments"),
- _("Create points/segments from input lines, linear reference system and positions read from stdin"),
+ _("Creates points/segments from input lines, linear reference system and positions read from stdin or a file."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.lrs.segment"),
+
(_("Find line id and offset"),
- _("Find line id and real km+offset for given points in vector map using linear reference system"),
+ _("Finds line id and real km+offset for given points in vector map using linear reference system."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.lrs.where"),
)
),
+
(_("Nearest features"),
- _("Locate nearest feature to points or centroids"),
+ _("Finds the nearest element in vector map 'to' for elements in vector map 'from'."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.distance"),
(_("Network analysis"), (
+
(_("Allocate subnets"),
- _("Allocate subnets for nearest centers"),
+ _("Centre node must be opened (costs >= 0). Costs of centre node are used in calculation"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.net.alloc"),
+
(_("Network maintenance"),
- _("Network maintenance support"),
+ _("Network maintenance."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.net"),
+
(_("Visibility network"),
- _("Create and maintain a visibility network"),
+ _("Visibility graph construction."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.net.visibility"),
+
(_("Shortest path"),
- _("Calculate shortest route along network between 2 nodes"),
+ _("Finds shortest path on vector network."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.net.path"),
+
(_("Display shortest route (requires XTerm)"),
_("Display shortest route along network between 2 nodes (visualization only, requires XTerm))"),
"self.OnXTerm",
"d.path"),
+
(_("Split net"),
- _("Split net into bands between cost isolines"),
+ _("Splits net to bands between cost isolines (direction from centre). Centre node must be opened (costs >= 0). Costs of centre node are used in calculation."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.net.iso"),
+
(_("Steiner tree"),
- _("Create Steiner tree for network and given terminals"),
+ _("Note that 'Minimum Steiner Tree' problem is NP-hard and heuristic algorithm is used in this module so the result may be sub optimal"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.net.steiner"),
+
(_("Traveling salesman analysis"),
- _("Calculate shortest route connecting given set of nodes (Traveling salesman analysis)"),
+ _("Note that TSP is NP-hard, heuristic algorithm is used by this module and created cycle may be sub optimal"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.net.salesman"),
)
),
(_("Overlay vector maps"), (
+
(_("Overlay vector maps"),
- _("Boolean overlay of 2 vector maps"),
+ _("Overlays two vector maps."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.overlay"),
+
(_("Patch vector maps"),
- _("Patch/combine multiple maps (boolean OR)"),
+ _("Create a new vector map layer by combining other vector map layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.patch"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Change attributes"), (
+
(_("Manage or report categories"),
- _("Attach/delete, or report vector categories"),
+ _("Attach, delete or report vector categories to map geometry."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.category"),
+
(_("Reclassify objects interactively"),
_("Reclassify vector objects interactively by entering SQL rules"),
"self.RulesCmd",
"v.reclass"),
+
(_("Reclassify objects using rules file"),
- _("Reclassify vector objects by inputting SQL rules from a text file"),
+ _("Changes vector category values for an existing vector map according to results of SQL queries or a value in attribute table column."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.reclass"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Generate area for current region"),
- _("Generate area object for extent of current region"),
+ _("Create a new vector from the current region."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.region"),
(_("Generate areas from points"), (
+
(_("Convex hull"),
- _("Generate convex hull for point set"),
+ _("Uses a GRASS vector points map to produce a convex hull vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.hull"),
+
(_("Delaunay triangles"),
- _("Generate Delaunay triangles for point set"),
+ _("Creates a Delaunay triangulation from an input vector map containing points or centroids."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.delaunay"),
+
(_("Voronoi diagram/Thiessen polygons"),
- _("Generate Voronoi diagram/Thiessen polygons for point set"),
+ _("Creates a Voronoi diagram from an input vector map containing points or centroids."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.voronoi"),
)
),
+
(_("Generate grid"),
- _("Generate rectangular vector grid"),
+ _("Creates a GRASS vector map of a user-defined grid."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.mkgrid"),
(_("Generate points"), (
+
(_("Generate from database"),
- _("Generate vector points from database with x/y coordinates"),
+ _("Creates new vector (points) map from database table containing coordinates."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.in.db"),
+
(_("Generate points along lines"),
- _("Generate vector points along vector lines/boundaries"),
+ _("Create points along input lines in new vector with 2 layers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.to.points"),
+
(_("Generate random points"),
- _("Generate random vector points"),
+ _("Randomly generate a 2D/3D vector points map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.random"),
+
(_("Perturb points"),
- _("Random perturbations of point locations"),
+ _("Random location perturbations of GRASS vector points"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.perturb"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Remove outliers in point sets"),
- _("Remove outliers from vector point set"),
+ _("Removes outliers from vector point data."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.outlier"),
+
(_("Test/training point sets"),
- _("Partition points into test/training sets for k-fold cross validation"),
+ _("Randomly partition points into test/train sets."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.kcv"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Update area attributes from raster"),
- _("Update area attribute data from univariate statistics on raster map"),
+ _("Calculates univariate statistics from a GRASS raster map based on vector polygons and uploads statistics to new attribute columns."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.rast.stats"),
+
(_("Update point attributes from areas"),
- _("Update point attribute data from vector area map"),
+ _("Uploads vector values at positions of vector points to the table."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.what.vect"),
(_("Update point attributes from raster"), (
+
(_("Sample raster maps at point locations"),
- _("Update attribute based on sample raster maps at point locations"),
+ _("Uploads raster values at positions of vector points to the table."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.what.rast"),
+
(_("Sample raster neighborhood around points"),
- _("Update attributes based on sample raster neighborhood around points"),
+ _("Samples a raster map at vector point locations."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.sample"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Reports and statistics"), (
+
(_("Basic vector metadata"),
- _("Rebort basic vector map metadata"),
+ _("Outputs basic information about a user-specified vector map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.info"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Report topology by category"),
- _("Report areas for vector attribute categories"),
+ _("Reports geometry statistics for vectors."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.report"),
+
(_("Upload or report topology"),
- _("Update database fields or create reports from vector topology"),
+ _("Populate database values from vector features."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.to.db"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Univariate attribute statistics"),
- _("Calculate univariate statistics for vector attributes"),
+ _("Calculates univariate statistics for attribute. Variance and standard deviation is calculated only for points if specified."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.univar"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Quadrat indices"),
- _("Indices of point counts in quadrats"),
+ _("Indices for quadrat counts of sites lists."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.qcount"),
+
(_("Test normality"),
- _("Test normality of point distribution"),
+ _("Tests for normality for points."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.normal"),
)
@@ -1278,132 +1538,159 @@
),
(_("Imagery"), (
(_("Develop images and groups"), (
+
(_("Create/edit group"),
- _("Create/edit imagery group"),
+ _("Creates, edits, and lists groups and subgroups of imagery files."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.group"),
+
(_("Target group"),
- _("Define target imagery group"),
+ _("Targets an imagery group to a GRASS location and mapset."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.target"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Mosaic images"),
- _("Mosaic up to 4 adjacent images"),
+ _("Mosaics up to 4 images and extends colormap; creates map *.mosaic"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.image.mosaic"),
)
),
(_("Manage image colors"), (
+
(_("Color balance for RGB"),
- _("Color balance and enhance color tables of multiband imagery for RGB display"),
+ _("Auto-balancing of colors for LANDSAT images"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.landsat.rgb"),
+
(_("HIS to RGB"),
- _("Transform HIS (Hue/Intensity/Saturation) color image to RGB (Red/Green/Blue)"),
+ _("Hue-intensity-saturation (his) to red-green-blue (rgb) raster map color transformation function."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.his.rgb"),
+
(_("RGB to HIS"),
- _("Transform RGB (Red/Green/Blue) color image to HIS (Hue/Intensity/Saturation)"),
+ _("Red-green-blue (rgb) to hue-intensity-saturation (his) raster map color transformation function"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.rgb.his"),
)
),
+
(_("Rectify image or raster"),
- _("Rectifies raster map using information in previously created POINTS file"),
+ _("Rectifies an image by computing a coordinate transformation for each pixel in the image based on the control points"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.rectify"),
+
(_("Ortho photo rectification (requires Xterm)"),
_("Ortho Photo rectification"),
"self.OnXTerm",
"i.ortho.photo"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Brovey sharpening"),
- _("Brovey transformation and pan sharpening"),
+ _("Brovey transform to merge multispectral and high-res panchromatic channels"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.fusion.brovey"),
(_("Classify image"), (
+
(_("Clustering input for unsupervised classification"),
- _("Clustering input for unsupervised classification analysis"),
+ _("The resulting signature file is used as input for i.maxlik, to generate an unsupervised image classification."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.cluster"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Maximum likelihood classification (MLC)"),
- _("Maximum Likelihood Classification analysis"),
+ _("Classification is based on the spectral signature information generated by either i.cluster, i.class, or i.gensig."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.maxlik"),
+
(_("Sequential maximum a posteriori classification (SMAP)"),
- _("Sequential Maximum A Posteriori Classification (SMAP) analysis"),
+ _("Performs contextual image classification using sequential maximum a posteriori (SMAP) estimation."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.smap"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Interactive input for supervised classification (requires Xterm)"),
_("Interactive input for supervised classification"),
"self.OnXTerm",
"i.class"),
+
(_("Input for supervised MLC"),
- _("Non-interactive input for supervised classification (MLC)"),
+ _("Generates statistics for i.maxlik from raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.gensig"),
+
(_("Input for supervised SMAP"),
- _("Non-interactive input for supervised classification (SMAP)"),
+ _("Generate statistics for i.smap from raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.gensigset"),
)
),
(_("Filter image"), (
+
(_("Edge detection"),
- _("Zero edge crossing detection"),
+ _("Zero-crossing \"edge detection\" raster function for image processing."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.zc"),
+
(_("Matrix/convolving filter"),
- _("User defined matrix/convolving filter"),
+ _("Raster map matrix filter."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.mfilter"),
)
),
+
(_("Histogram"),
_("Generate histogram of image"),
"self.DispHistogram",
""),
+
(_("Spectral response"),
- _("Calculate spectral response"),
+ _("displays spectral response at user specified locations in group or images"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.spectral"),
+
(_("Tasseled cap vegetation index"),
- _("Tasseled cap vegetation index analysis"),
+ _("Tasseled Cap (Kauth Thomas) transformation for LANDSAT-TM data"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.tasscap"),
(_("Transform image"), (
+
(_("Canonical correlation"),
- _("Canonical correlation (discriminant analysis)"),
+ _("Canonical components analysis (cca) program for image processing."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.cca"),
+
(_("Principal components"),
- _("Principal components analysis"),
+ _("Principal components analysis (pca) program for image processing."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.pca"),
+
(_("Fast Fourier"),
- _("Fast Fourier Transform"),
+ _("Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) for image processing."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.fft"),
+
(_("Inverse Fast Fourier"),
- _("Inverse Fast Fourier Transform"),
+ _("Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) for image processing."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.ifft"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Report and statistics"), (
+
(_("Bit pattern comparison "),
- _("Bit pattern comparison for ID of low quality pixels"),
+ _("Compares bit patterns with a raster map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.bitpattern"),
+
(_("Kappa analysis"),
- _("Kappa classification accuracy assessment"),
+ _("Calculate error matrix and kappa parameter for accuracy assessment of classification result."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r.kappa"),
+
(_("OIF for LandSat TM"),
- _("Optimum index factor for LandSat TM"),
+ _("Calculates Optimum-Index-Factor table for LANDSAT TM bands 1-5, & 7"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"i.oif"),
)
@@ -1412,36 +1699,44 @@
),
(_("Volumes"), (
(_("Develop volumes"), (
+
(_("Manage 3D NULL values"),
- _("Manage NULL values for volume"),
+ _("Explicitly create the 3D NULL-value bitmap file."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.null"),
+
(_("Manage timestamp"),
- _("Manage timestamp for volume"),
+ _("Print/add/remove a timestamp for a 3D raster map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.timestamp"),
- )),
+ )
+ ),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("3D Mask"),
- _("Create 3D mask for 3D raster operations"),
+ _("Establishes the current working 3D raster mask."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.mask"),
+
(_("3D raster map calculator"),
_("Map calculator for volumetric map algebra"),
"self.Disp3DMapCalculator",
""),
+
(_("Cross section"),
- _("Create 2D raster cross section from volume"),
+ _("Creates cross section 2D raster map from 3d raster map based on 2D elevation map"),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.cross.rast"),
+
(_("Interpolate volume from points"),
- _("Interpolate volume from vector points using splines"),
+ _("Interpolates point data to a G3D grid volume using regularized spline with tension (RST) algorithm."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.vol.rst"),
("","","", ""),
(_("Report and Statistics"), (
+
(_("Basic volume metadata"),
- _("Report basic volume metadata"),
+ _("Outputs basic information about a user-specified 3D raster map layer."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"r3.info"),
)
@@ -1450,90 +1745,108 @@
),
(_("Database"), (
(_("Database information"), (
+
(_("Describe table"),
- _("Describe table structure and attributes"),
+ _("Describes a table in detail."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.describe"),
+
(_("List columns"),
- _("List columns for selected table"),
+ _("List all columns for a given table."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.columns"),
+
(_("List drivers"),
- _("List available database drivers"),
+ _("List all database drivers."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.drivers"),
+
(_("List tables"),
- _("List tables in selected database"),
+ _("Lists all tables for a given database."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.tables"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Manage databases"), (
+
(_("Connect"),
- _("Connect to database"),
+ _("Prints/sets general DB connection for current mapset and exits."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.connect"),
+
(_("Login"),
- _("Login to database"),
+ _("Sets user/password for driver/database."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.login"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Copy table"),
- _("Copy attribute table"),
+ _("Copy a table. Either 'from_table' (optionaly with 'where') can be used or 'select' option, but not 'from_table' and 'select' at the same time."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.copy"),
+
(_("New table"),
- _("Create and connect new attribute table to vector map"),
+ _("Creates and adds a new attribute table to a given layer of an existing vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.db.addtable"),
+
(_("Remove table"),
- _("Remove existing attribute table for vector map"),
+ _("Sets user/password for driver/database."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.login"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Add columns"),
- _("Add columns to table"),
+ _("Adds one or more columns to the attribute table connected to a given vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.db.addcol"),
+
(_("Change values"),
- _("Change values in a column"),
+ _("Allows to update a column in the attribute table connected to a vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.db.update"),
+
(_("Rename column"),
- _("Rename a column"),
+ _("Renames a column in the attribute table connected to a given vector map."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.db.renamecol"),
("","","", ""),
+
(_("Test"),
- _("Test database"),
+ _("Test database driver, database must exist and set by db.connect."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.test"),
)
),
(_("Query"), (
+
(_("Query any table"),
- _("Query data in any table"),
+ _("Selects data from table."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.select"),
+
(_("Query vector attribute data"),
- _("Query vector attribute data"),
+ _("Prints vector map attributes."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.db.select"),
+
(_("SQL statement"),
- _("Execute SQL statement"),
+ _("Executes any SQL statement."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"db.execute"),
)
),
("","","", ""),
(_("Vector database connections"), (
- (_("Reconnect vector to database"),
- _("Reconnect vector map to attribute database"),
+
+ (_("Reconnect vector to database"),
+ _("Reconnects vectors to a new database."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.db.reconnect.all"),
+
(_("Set vector map - database connection"),
- _("Set database connection for vector attributes"),
+ _("Prints/sets DB connection for a vector map to attribute table."),
"self.OnMenuCmd",
"v.db.connect"),
)
@@ -1541,19 +1854,22 @@
)
),
(_("Help"), (
+
(_("GRASS GIS help"),
- _("GRASS GIS Reference Manual"),
+ _("Display the HTML man pages of GRASS"),
"self.RunMenuCmd",
"g.manual -i"),
+
(_("GRASS GIS GUI help"),
- _("GUI-related Reference Manual"),
+ _("Display the HTML man pages of GRASS"),
"self.RunMenuCmd",
"g.manual wxGUI"),
+
(_("About GRASS GIS"),
_("About GRASS GIS"),
"self.OnAboutGRASS",
""),
)
- )
+ ),
)
]
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