[GRASS-user] Perpendicular projection of points onto line

[Hamish]

Carlos wrote:
>    I'm thinking if  there is a way to project a series of
> points into a line, but this projection must be in a direction
> perpendicular to the line.

have a look at the v.transects addon script. it does something
similar.

http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_AddOns#v.transects


Hamish