vectors: lines to polygons

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Agus,

did you try v.line2area.sh?
It might be usable for this conversion.

  Markus

> I have imported a vegetation map of Europe.
> Nevertheless, it was digitized as LINES, not
> as polygons. Therefore, I have now a vector
> map in which the lines should be attached
> to make polygons. I've checked abd is not just
> that each polygon is made out of on single line,
> so it's not just a question of replacing "L"
> by "A" in the ascii vector format.
> 
> The question (and I suspect the answer...):
> 
> is there an automatic procedure to combine the
> lines into polygons?, i.e., if we have:
> 
> AAAAAAA
> B     A
> B     C
> D     C
> DDDDDDD
> 
> (where each letter is a line)
> 
> go to 
> 
> 2 polygons
> 
> Thanks (to both mailing list users and mailing list keepers)
> 
> Agus
> 
> Dr. Agustin Lobo
> Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC)
> Lluis Sole Sabaris s/n
> 08028 Barcelona SPAIN
> tel 34 93409 5410
> fax 34 93411 0012
> alobo at ija.csic.es
> http://pangea.ija.csic.es/alobo
> 
> 
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