[GRASS-SVN] r62816 - grass/trunk/vector/v.mkgrid

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Author: neteler
Date: 2014-11-19 14:06:30 -0800 (Wed, 19 Nov 2014)
New Revision: 62816

Modified:
   grass/trunk/vector/v.mkgrid/v.mkgrid.html
Log:
v.mkgrid manual: point pattern example added

Modified: grass/trunk/vector/v.mkgrid/v.mkgrid.html
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--- grass/trunk/vector/v.mkgrid/v.mkgrid.html	2014-11-19 16:42:14 UTC (rev 62815)
+++ grass/trunk/vector/v.mkgrid/v.mkgrid.html	2014-11-19 22:06:30 UTC (rev 62816)
@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@
 
 Grid points created with the <b>-p</b> flag will be placed at the
 <i>center</i> of each grid cell, not at the grid line nodes.
-<p>This is NOT to be used to generate a vector map of USGS quadrangles,
+
+<p>
+This is NOT to be used to generate a vector map of USGS quadrangles,
 because USGS quads are not exact rectangles.
 
 
 <h2>EXAMPLES</h2>
 
-1) Create a grid in a latitude-longitude location (WGS84):
+<h3>Creating a global grid in a latitude-longitude</h3>
 
+To be run in a latitude-longitude location (WGS84)
 <div class="code"><pre>
 # use g.region to easily calculate rows and column for 'grid':
 g.region n=90 s=-90 w=-180 e=180 res=10 -p
@@ -37,29 +40,44 @@
 v.mkgrid map=grid_10deg grid=18,36
 </pre></div>
 
-<p>
-2) Make a 4x3 grid, cells 20km a side, with lower left corner at 2716500,6447000:
+<h3>Creating a grid in a metric projection</h3>
+
+Creating a 4x3 grid, cells 20km a side, with lower left corner at 2716500,6447000:
+
 <div class="code"><pre>
 v.mkgrid map=coro_grid grid=4,3 position=coor coor=2716500,6447000 box=20000,20000
 </pre></div>
 
-<p>
-3) Make a 10x12 lat/lon grid, cells 2 arc-min a side, with lower left corner
+<h3>Creating a positioned grid in a latitude-longitude</h3>
+
+Creating a 10x12 lat/lon grid, cells 2 arc-min a side, with lower left corner
 at 167deg 52min east, 47deg 6min south. For use with e.g. QGIS you can then
 pull this grid into a projected location with <em>v.proj</em> before
-exporting as a Shapefile with <em>v.out.ogr</em> (within GRASS you could
+exporting as a Shapefile with <em>v.out.ogr</em> (within GRASS GIS you could
 just use <em>d.grid -w</em> from the projected location for the same effect):
 
 <div class="code"><pre>
 v.mkgrid map=p2min_grid grid=10,12 position=coor coor=167:52E,47:06S box=0:02,0:02
 </pre></div>
 
+<h3>Creating a point pattern</h3>
 
+North Carolina sample dataset example, creating a 1km spaced point grid
+based on the current region extent defined by the "elevation" map:
+
+<div class="code"><pre>
+g.region rast=elevation -p
+# we use the row/column/resolution information to determine the grid= values:
+v.mkgrid -p map=pointpattern grid=13,15 position=region breaks=1
+</pre></div>
+
+
 <h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
 
 <em>
-<a href="v.patch.html">v.patch</a>,
-<a href="d.grid.html">d.grid</a>
+<a href="d.grid.html">d.grid</a>,
+<a href="v.in.region.html">v.in.region</a>,
+<a href="v.patch.html">v.patch</a>
 </em>
 
 <h2>AUTHORS</h2>