[GRASS-user] newbie question

[Dylan Beaudette]

Yikes.

Is it possible for you to use a newer version of GRASS ? I would recommend 
6.1-cvs as it is the most up-to-date.

Dylan

On Thursday 18 May 2006 14:16, Peter Manousos wrote:
> Hi Dylan..
>
> Thanks for the quick reply, but I dont see in the man pages on d.vect
> allows specification of a column.
>
> I am using GRASS 5.4 and d.vect only allows map=<mapname> color=<color>
> and at catnum.
>
> Pete
>
> Dylan Beaudette wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 May 2006 13:24, Peter Manousos wrote:
> >> Hi..
> >>
> >> We have a set of lat/lon contour data we converted into ESRI shape
> >> file(s).  I am using GRASS to verify the data has been converted
> >> properly for GIS use by importing/converting the shape file data using
> >> v.in.shape.  I am then plotting the resultant vector map using d.vect
> >>
> >> Although the contours are successfully plotted - the contour labels are
> >> not.
> >>
> >> I do not see in the documentation how plotting of contour labels is
> >> accomplished from a vector map.  I thought the vector attributes where
> >> automatically handled if properly stored in the original .dbf file.
> >>
> >> What am I missing ?
> >>
> >> Pete
> >
> > Welcome aboard.
> >
> > vector attributes will not be displayed by default. you can have them
> > shown by adding the following flags to d.vect:
> >
> > d.vect contours disp=shape,attr ...
> >
> > you will need to specify the column name containing your contour labels.
> > check the d.vect man page for details.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dylan

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Dylan Beaudette
Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
University of California at Davis
530.754.7341