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v.category

NAME

v.category - Attach, delete or report vector categories to map geometry.

KEYWORDS

vector

SYNOPSIS

v.category
v.category help
v.category [-g] input=name [output=name] [type=string[,string,...]] [option=string] [cat=integer] [layer=integer[,integer,...]] [step=integer] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

-g

Shell script style, currently only for report
Format: layer type count min max

--overwrite

Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--verbose

Verbose module output

--quiet

Quiet module output

Parameters:

input=name

Name of input vector map

output=name

Name for output vector map

type=string[,string,...]

Type
Feature type(s)
Options: point,line,boundary,centroid,area
Default: point,line,boundary,centroid,area

option=string

Action to be done
Options: add,del,chlayer,sum,report,print
Default: add
add: add a new category
del: delete category
chlayer: change layer number (e.g. layer=3,1 changes layer 3 to layer 1)
sum: add the value specified by cat option to the current category value
report: print report (statistics), in shell style: layer type count min max
print: print category values, more cats in the same layer are separated by '/'

cat=integer

Category value
Default: 1

layer=integer[,integer,...]

Layer number
A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use.
Default: 1

step=integer

Category increment
Default: 1

DESCRIPTION

v.category attaches, deletes or reports vector categories to map geometry. These categories (IDs) are used to link a vector map to an attribute table.

NOTES

Use v.to.db to upload related categories to a linked attribute table.

The type parameter specifies the type of geometry objects to which the category is added; it is similar to an input filter - only the geometry specified in 'type' is processed.

If the type parameter is set to centroid and the option parameter set to add, new categories will be added to existing centroids. Note however, that new centroids cannot be created this way. To do so, they must be added manually using v.digit or by running v.category with the type parameter set to area (see below also).

Areas are a special case because it is impossible to attach a cat to an area without a centroid; in this case, the module places new centroids in areas automatically.

EXAMPLES

1) Report vector categories

v.category in=testmap option=report

LAYER/TABLE 1/testmap:
type count min max
point 0 0 0
line 1379 1 1379
boundary 0 0 0
centroid 0 0 0
area 0 0 0
all 1379 1 1379

2) Delete all vector categories in layer 1

v.category in=testmap out=outmap option=del

3) Add vector categories in layer 1 with step=2

v.category in=outmap out=stepmap option=add step=2

LAYER/TABLE 1/outmap:
type count min max
point 0 0 0
line 1379 1 2757
boundary 0 0 0
centroid 0 0 0
area 0 0 0
all 1379 1 2757

4) Add categories/centroids to a vector map without categories

v.category in=wkt out=wktnew option=add

Results can be tested using d.what.vect.

SEE ALSO

v.db.connect, v.to.db

AUTHOR

Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

Last changed: $Date: 2006-08-31 16:06:33 +0200 (Thu, 31 Aug 2006) $

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