Indeed the input file should be in y,x format...
> 
> 
> I have digitized features from aerial photos and run v.transform on the raw
> coordinates.  The resultant vector map is upside down and backwards.  My
> pointsfile is x y x y, my ascii vector file is northing easting, what is 
> going on?  Does the ascii vector file have to be easting northing for 
> v.transform?  I'm using grass4.0.


