[GRASS5] Why is r.to.rast3 missing?

[Daniel Calvelo]

It should be r3.to.xxx ; I'd say r3.to.rast; are there many more ways
to convert r3 to r besides cross-sections?

Daniel.

On 12/15/05, Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu> wrote:
> Can r3.cross.rast get into the CVS too? This is a great tool.
>
> I'm name neutral about this as long as I get it right and put it in the menu
> correctly.
>
> However, if I wanted to get philosophical, I'd say that you should name the
> module with respect to the file type you start with for type conversion
> within grass. Things starting with raster and converting to something else
> should be r.to.xxx. Things starting with rast3 should be r3.to.xxx.
> Currently we have r.to.vect and v.to rast for example.
>
> Michael
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> > From: Sören Gebbert <soerengebbert at gmx.de>
> > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:58:51 +0100 (MET)
> > To: Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at unity.ncsu.edu>
> > Cc: <michael.barton at asu.edu>, <grass5 at grass.itc.it>
> > Subject: Re: [GRASS5] Why is r.to.rast3 missing?
> >
> >
> > Maybe we should rename r3.in.rast to r.to.rast3 and move it into the
> > grass6/raster directoy,
> > to prevent name confusions?
> >
> > btw.:
> > there is also a module called r3.cross.rast, which produces cross section
> > raster maps from 3d maps,
> > at my homepage. Should i rename it to r.cross.rast3?
> >
> > my homepage:
> > http://www-pool.math.tu-berlin.de/~soeren/grass/modules/
> >
> > Soeren
> >
> >> Michael Barton wrote:
> >>> Any reason why r.to.rast3 is missing from the normal GRASS distribution?
> >>
> >> it is there - it is called r3.in.rast. I always forget the name too and
> >> look for it.
> >>
> >> Helena
> >>
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