[GRASS-user] graphically selecting multiple features

[Hamish]

Kurtis Blaikie-Birkigt wrote:
> I would like to graphically select multiple features from a
> large vector file and edit an attribute of those
> features.  (I have a poorly classified polygon
> shapefile of hydrology and want to separate the rivers from
> the lakes).  How can I go about this.  With
> v.what.vect I seem to be able to only edit one feature at a
> time.


a couple other things to try not mentioned yet- (automated)

v.clean remove small areas (extracts big lakes)

if rivers are lines not polygons you could v.extract only lines
or areas.


Hamish