How to calculate center of area

[Rick Thompson]

Dan,
  The only thing I've seen that shows a centroid is in output from v.area.
Should you convert your raster map through r.poly to a vector map, v.area
could be checked for viability. Rick
 
> How does one calculate the center of an irregularly shaped area
> in a raster map in GRASS4.1?

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