[GRASS-user] Crop/limit a shapefile

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Markus Metz
<markus.metz.giswork at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Micha Silver <micha at arava.co.il> wrote:
>> On 27/09/2011 13:31, giannis Nj wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> is it possible to crop a shapefile at some coordinates inside grass?
...
> Or easier, set the cimputational region with e.g.:
> g.region -p e-<east bound> w=<west bound> n=<north> s=<south>
>
> then limit shapefile import to the current region:
>
> v.in.ogr -r ...

Added as new FAQ:
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Crop_a_shapefile_during_import

Markus