[GRASS-user] a suggestion for v.transform

[Glynn Clements]

Michael Barton wrote:

> 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?

It can also scale.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>