v.in.lines - Imports ASCII x,y[,z] coordinates as a series of lines.
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Description
Imports a stream of ASCII x,y[,z] coordinates as a line or series of lines.
Example
v.in.lines in=- out=two_lines separator=, <<EOF
167.846717,-46.516653
167.846663,-46.516645
167.846656,-46.516644
167.846649,-46.516644
167.846642,-46.516643
NaN,NaN
167.846520,-46.516457
167.846528,-46.516461
167.846537,-46.516464
167.846535,-46.516486
167.846544,-46.516489
167.846552,-46.516493
EOF
Keywords
vector, import, line, point
Name
v.in.lines - Imports ASCII x,y[,z] coordinates as a series of lines.
Notes
Input ASCII coordinates are simply a series of "x y" data points. Lines are separated by a row
containing "NaN NaN".
The user can import 3D lines by providing 3 columns of data in the input stream and using the -z flag.
This script is a simple wrapper around the v.in.mapgen module.
See Also
d.graph,v.centroids,v.in.ascii,v.in.mapgen,v.in.region,v.out.ascii,r.in.poly
Source Code
Available at: v.in.lines source code (history)
Accessed: Friday Apr 04 01:21:13 2025
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Synopsis
v.in.linesv.in.lines--helpv.in.lines [-z] input=nameoutput=name [separator=character] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose]
[--quiet] [--ui]
Flags:-z
Create a 3D line from 3 column data
--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog
Parameters:input=name[required]
Name of input file (or "-" to read from stdin)
output=name[required]
Name for output vector map
separator=character
Field separator
Special characters: pipe, comma, space, tab, newline
Default: pipe