[GRASSLIST:3649] help on spatial join in GRASS 5.7

[Michael Barton]

I am trying to do a spatial join in GRASS 5.7 and am stuck.

I am creating a file of vector areas from polylines using v.type, and a 
file of vector points that represent the centroids of those areas. I'd 
like to join the two vector maps such that the cat value of each point 
in the point file becomes the cat value (or at least A value) of the 
corresponding area in the vector area file. I assume that the vector 
'areas' will actually be boundaries lacking centroids after I create 
them in v.type.

I know how I would do it in GRASS 5.3, as well as in ArcView and 
MapInfo. I have a feeling that it is possible to do this in GRASS 5.7, 
but can't figure out which command to use and how to do it. Thanks.

Michael
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