[GRASS-user] a suggestion for v.transform
Michael Barton
michael.barton at asu.edu
Thu Jun 14 11:13:15 EDT 2007
On 6/14/07 5:17 AM, "Gerald Nelson" <gnelson at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Would it make sense to say something like "... in current coordinate space
> (add parenthetical phrase about what that is)."
Good idea.
Michael
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:58:29 -0700
>> From: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
>> Subject: [GRASS-user] a suggestion for v.transform
>> To: GRASS Support <grassuser at grass.itc.it>, GRASS devel
>> <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
>>
>> There has been a thread about how v.transform functions and Glynn pointed
>> out that part of the problem is that the short description does not really
>> describe what it does, at least from a GIS perspective:
>>
>> " Transforms a vector map layer from one coordinate system into another
>> coordinate system."
>>
>> I'm working on wxgrass menus at the moment and trying to come up with useful
>> menu entries. A better short description for v.transform might be:
>>
>> "Reposition (shift and rotate) vector file in coordinate space"
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Michael
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