[GRASS5] multiple boundary to area tranformation question

[Christopher Fonnesbeck]

On Mar 1, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Michael Barton wrote:

> A colleague has imported a dxf map of many polygons. It seems as if 
> the dxf import driver imports these as vector lines or area boundaries 
> only. Is there a way to transform many closed boundaries to areas 
> without going into v.digit and assigning a centerpoint and label to 
> each boundary individually?
>

Michael,

Try this:

v.type input=old_map_name output=new_map_name type=boundary,area

to change the type from boundary to area,

C.

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Christopher J. Fonnesbeck ( c h r i s @ f o n n e s b e c k . o r g )
Georgia Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Georgia