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NAME

v.what - Allows the user to interactively query a vector map layer at user-selected locations within the current geographic region

KEYWORDS

vector

SYNOPSIS

v.what
v.what help
v.what [-da] [east_north=east,north[,east,north,...]] [distance=float] map=string[,string,...]

Flags:

-d
Print topological information (debugging)
-a
Print attribute information

Parameters:

east_north=east,north[,east,north,...]
Coordinates for query
distance=float
Query threshold distance
Default: 0
map=string[,string,...]
Name of existing vector map

DESCRIPTION

v.what Outputs the category value(s) associated with user-specified location(s) in user-specified vector map layer(s). This module was derived from the d.what.vect module by removing all interactive code and modification of the output for easy parsing.

SEE ALSO

d.what.vect

AUTHOR

Trevor Wiens
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Last changed: $Date: 2006/02/01 09:18:56 $


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