[GRASS-user] Re: r.grow: Manual Page Needs Additional Information

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Hermann Peifer wrote:

> I am not sure if there is a single answer to when and why one should use
> r.grow. I use it before generating area statistics with r.stats, e.g.:
> r.stats -c admin_units,land_cover > outfile
>
> Administrative boundaries are usually only defined on land, they do not
> cover areas which in the land cover map appear as coastal lagoons, tidal
> flats, and similar. So I grow the admin_units map sufficiently, before
> running r.stats.

Hermann,

   Single answers not required. :-)

   Your use is a valid example of when and why r.grow should be applied. A
collection of such examples (on the wiki with references from the manual
page?) would be highly valuable for everyone.

Thank you,

Rich