[GRASS5] readsites() TODO list...

[Bill Brown - staff]

>
>I see no problem adding support for the cat value.  I could add the
>RASTER_MAP_TYPE thingy too.  I must say, I'm a little confused by the
>use of floating point cat values.  I always thought of a 'cat' as a
>category which implies an integral value (even if it represents a range
>of floats).  I don't understand how a floating point cat makes sense for
>a site file either.  But, this is probably another matter...
>

Yes, it's definitely counter-intuitive.  I think it was mostly for
backward compatibility with s.to.rast/r.to.sites and some other programs
that treat site cats similar to raster values.

- Bill


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