[GRASSLIST:6055] Re: v.sample modified

[Michael Barton]

Trevor,

Why don't you post this very useful script on the 'GRASS Addon' section of
the GRASS WIKI?

Michael
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> From: Trevor Wiens <twiens at interbaun.com>
> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:34:57 -0700
> To: GRASSLIST <grasslist at baylor.edu>
> Subject: [GRASSLIST:5995] v.sample modified
> 
> In a manner suggested by Hamish to a question I posted a while ago, I've
> created a script to sample rasters at a specified buffer size around vector
> points, calculate use specified stats and add fields and data to the vector
> point file with the output. Now at this point it is just a shell script which
> makes a call to a little python script I wrote for doing the stats because I'm
> not skilled at doing math in shell scripts. The current script doesn't take
> named parameters, only positional ones and there is no gui interface for it
> either. 
> 
> I've found it very useful for sampling rasters around bird survey locations. I
> named it v.sample.buffer. I won't have time to clean it up and make it conform
> to the GRASS 6.0 interface standard for a couple of months but if someone
> would find it useful, let me know. I think it would be a useful addition to
> GRASS in the long term. How do I submit it for evaluation and inclusion?
> 
> T
> -- 
> Trevor Wiens 
> twiens at interbaun.com
> 
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