[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1635: allow r.los to run with a point vector layer as input for "coordinate identifying the viewing position"

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:56 AM, GRASS GIS <trac at osgeo.org> wrote:
> #1635: allow r.los to run with a point vector layer as input for "coordinate
> identifying the viewing position"
...
>  In r58688, I changed `xy` to standard `coordinates` option which enables
>  to interactively pick coordinates from map display if you start G7:r.lake
>  from the main GUI command console, menu or module tree.
>
...
>  Neither of these three supports multiple coordinates input, although
>  G7:r.lake supports it using seed raster which makes more sense in this
>  case except for cases when you want to add just few points (e.g. 2). The
>  important thing is that supporting multiple coordinates goes far behind
>  supporting more inputs, probably algorithm itself needs to be improved to
>  fulfill the multiple point input required by the original request.
>  Separate tickets for each modules would be better in this case.
...


For the record: I check (hopefully) all other GRASS 7 modules, here
the remaining candidates for update to use G_OPT_M_COORDS:

 * display/d.profile/main.c (maybe)
 * misc/m.transform/main.c (maybe)
 * raster/r.circle/main.c
 * raster/r.horizon/main.c

Markus