[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] a suggestion for v.transform

[Gerald Nelson]

Would it make sense to say something like "... in current coordinate space (add parenthetical phrase about what that is)."
---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:58:29 -0700
>From: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>  
>Subject: [GRASS-user] a suggestion for v.transform  
>To: GRASS Support <grassuser at grass.itc.it>, GRASS devel <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
>
>There has been a thread about how v.transform functions and Glynn pointed
>out that part of the problem is that the short description does not really
>describe what it does, at least from a GIS perspective:
>
>" Transforms a vector map layer from one coordinate system into another
>coordinate system."
>
>I'm working on wxgrass menus at the moment and trying to come up with useful
>menu entries. A better short description for v.transform might be:
>
>"Reposition (shift and rotate) vector file in coordinate space"
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Michael
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