[GRASSLIST:632] Re: creating reclass from dig_cats file

[Michel Wurtz]

Moritz Lennert wrote:
[...]
> one of 40 categories, not to one of 1000. Since you can't just use the
> text attributes to do that, you have to transform the 40 soil types into
> 40 unique category numbers and link avery polygon to one of these numbers
> in a dig_att file. The corresponding dig_cats file will then link those 40
> numbers to the 40 textual soil types.
> 
> If I understand correctly, this is what the awk script does, whereas the
> sed script doesn't.

You're right. I didn't make the point...  BTW, this is probably something
to take in consideration when porting v.reclass to 5.1 : It should do this
kind of thing without the need of an awk script...


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Michel Wurtz - Auzeville-Tolosane