[GRASS-user] GRASS 6.4 How to extract point-values from multiple rasters

[Tim Michelsen]

>> r.what [1] just prints out.
>> > Isn't the right tool v.sample [2]?
> r.what extracts values from one or more raster maps at locations given
> by coordinates.
> 
> v.what.rast uploads raster values at positions of vector points to the table.
But why is there v.sample if all other commands have similar functionality?