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

[Glynn Clements]

Dylan Beaudette wrote:

> > > 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?
> >
> > It can also scale.
> 
> ... and to be complete, it can also shear.

Only when using the pointsfile= option; there isn't any direct way to
specify a transformation which includes shear.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>