[GRASS-user] Add category for each centroid

[Sebastian Schubert]

On 06/11/11 11:13, Hamish wrote:
> Sebastian wrote:
>> I have a vector map with several polygons each
>> having a centroid. All polygons have the same
>> category:
>>
>>> v.db.select bb
>> cat|ART
>> 1|1
>>
>> Now, I want to have a category for each polygon
>> or each centroid. With that, I hope to be able to
>> access each polygon separately. I tried
>> everything I can find the in the manual, but
>> apparently not the correct command....
>>
>> Any idea?
> 
> 
> remove all cats, then re-apply new ones with v.category:
> 
> v.category option=del type=centroid
> v.category option=add type=centroid cat=1 step=1

Thanks for the hint!

After the commands above (and this what I missed), the categories have
to be inserted in the table:
v.to.db option=cat

Cheers
Sebastian

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