[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1168: r.surf.contour: use floating point for elevation values

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#1168: r.surf.contour: use floating point for elevation values
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 Reporter:  mmetz        |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  6.5.0                    
Component:  Raster       |     Version:  6.4.0                    
 Keywords:               |    Platform:  All                      
      Cpu:  All          |  
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 r.surf.contour currently stores elevation values as integer because
 historically there was no support for fp in grass rasters. Time to change
 that, eliminating the need for the workaround described in wiki [1]. The
 change required is small, thus milestone 6.5.

 [1] http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Contour_lines_to_DEM#r.surf.contour

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