[GRASSLIST:9298] Re: draw line from (x,y) point and bearing [solved: new module]

[Hamish]

> > does anyone know of a module (d.*, v.*, r.* ??) that will accept a
> > point and a bearing, and draw the line on the active monitor?
..
> Looks like necessity is the mother of invention. Solved this problem
> with a shiny new module d.bearing:
> 
> The new module solves the problem I had (plot a transect from x,y
> along bearing theta, to given radius) and will optionally save the
> result as a new vector.

It's quite nice when you can make modules to do exactly what you need
done... but fyi, see also:

d.geodesic
d.rhumbline
r.profile
r.transect
d.mapgraph (hopefully merged into d.graph soon)
v.in.ascii format=standard

(and as mentioned m.cogo from GRASS 5)


Hamish