[GRASSLIST:5516] r.describe (and r.report, r.stats) on floating point maps.

[Aldo Clerici]

Hi GRASS users (and developers),
there's something strange in the results of r.describe (and r.report,
r.stats) when applied to a floating point map derived from a transformation
of an integer values map. The output is a list of range classes instead of
the actual floating point classes. An example (Spearfish data):

r.mapcalc "landuse.1 = landuse * 1.0"  (or r.mapcalc
"landuse.1=float(landuse)"
r.describe landuse.1
* 1.000000-1.027451 1.988235-2.015686 .........7.972549-8.000000

As the original map contain integer values from1 to 8, I suppose the correct
result should be 8 floating numbers from 1.0 to 8.0.
Please note:
a) The same  results are obtained with r.stats and r.report, but d.what.rast
output the correct values (so the problem is not in the r.mapcalc).
b) I applied the operation to other maps  (elevation.dem for example) with
the same results.

Is this a bug in GRASS5.0 ?

Many thanks
Aldo Clerici