[GRASS-user] nearest point to a line

[Richard Chirgwin]

Malte,
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> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:04:26 +0100
> From: Malte Martin <malte at perlomat.de>
> Subject: [GRASS-user] nearest point to a line
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> Hi Grass users!
>
> After a few years without GRASS I'm starting to work with GRASS again.  
> And of course I have some problems or better questions if GRASS will  
> fit my needs.
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> I have to find the nearest point to a line. I think v.distance wil do  
> the trick but I'm a little bit confused. My idea is using v.distance  
> with a threshold. The output should be a table with the point number  
> or better point designation, the distance and the designation of the  
> line. So I'll be able to sort the table with the minimum distance of  
> each line. But I'm "lost in documentation" somehow. It would be great  
> if someone could give me a short hint. How can I get the output (of  
> course the desginations are attributes of the sites and lines).
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Malte Martin
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v.distance using the -a flag allows you to specify an output table. In 
the output table, from_cat is created automatically. Specify upload=cat 
column=to_cat will capture the to-category.

Unfortunately, for me anyhow, if I use upload=cat,attr and 
column=to_cat,<attribute name> it fails - but you can use the from_cat 
and to_cat to populate other database columns in the db instead of Grass.

RC