[GRASS-user] Why v.out.ascii doesn't work?

Hamish hamish_nospam at yahoo.com
Fri May 26 02:35:34 EDT 2006


> I try to use v.out.ascii to export a 
> vector map of only points.
> I use the v.univar with the file,
> but when I try to export it only export
> the "cat" number but not the value.
> 
> How can I export in an ascii file the
> coordinates along with the value?

v.out.ascii only exports coordinates and category numbers. For
attributes you need to get from the DB table.

Note only features with a category number will be output.

To output values as well as coordinates and cat value, use the
"v.out.ascii.db" script from the Wiki Add-ons page:
  http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/GRASS_AddOns#Vector_add-ons


Hamish




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