[GRASS-user] equivalent to "select by location"

[Hamish]

Tim Michelsen wrote:
> 
> I am new to GRASS and learned to work with GIS on the ESRI product
> family.
> For a project I need to do kind of a topological selection.
> What is the equvalent to "select by location" in ArcMap?

Can you describe what that does in more detail?
Many of us have not used Arc in years.

see also --
 http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/GRASS_Help#Migration_from_other_GIS_Software
 http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/GRASS_migration_hints#Tips_for_recent_migrants

(and maybe add answer there, once it comes)


Hamish