Rich wrote:
>   The middle point should have values of 796758.58
> (instead of 242807.02)
> and 130579274 (instead of 397955.05).
it's a feet to meters thing.
242852.015184 / 0.3048
ans =            796758.58
check for correct units with "g.proj -p" from both locations.
or use v.transform to scale things and quietly walk away..
Hamish