NAME¶

v.patch - Create a new vector map layer by combining other vector map layers.

KEYWORDS¶

vector, geometry

SYNOPSIS¶

v.patch v.patch help v.patch [-ae] input=name[,name,...] output= name [bbox=name] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:¶

-a

 

Append files to existing file (overwriting existing files must be activated)

-e

 

Copy also attribute table

 

Only the table of layer 1 is currently supported

--overwrite

 

Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--verbose

 

Verbose module output

--quiet

 

Quiet module output

Parameters:¶

input=name[,name,...]

 

Name of input vector map(s)

output=name

 

Name for output vector map

bbox=name

 

Name for output vector map where bounding boxes of input vector maps are written to

DESCRIPTION¶

v.patch allows the user to combine any number of vector maps together to create one composite vector map. If the table structures are identical, attributes are transferred to the new table.

NOTES¶

Any vectors that are duplicated among the maps being patched together (e.g., border lines) will have to be edited or removed after v.patch is run. Such editing can be done automatically using v.clean. Lines may need to be snapped with v.clean tool=snap,break,rmdupl. Boundaries may need to be cleaned with v.clean tool=break,rmdupl,rmsa repeatedly until the rmsa tool (Remove small angles at nodes) no longer modifies any boundaries. If vector topology is still not clean, boundaries may also need to be snapped with v.clean tool=snap,break,rmdupl. When using the -a flag, the user has to make sure that the features in the different maps added to the output map do not have overlapping category numbers, unless identical category numbers reflect identical attributes, otherwise the attributes of the added maps are lost. To avoid this, the user can use v.category option=sum to change category values of some of the maps before patching.

EXAMPLES¶

Patch together two maps with mixed feature types:
v.patch input=geology,streams out=geol_streams Append one map to another:
g.copy vect=roads,transport
v.patch -a input=railroads output=transport --overwrite

SEE ALSO¶

v.clean, v.build, v.select, v.overlay

AUTHORS¶

Dave Gerdes, U.S.Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 12:29:50 +0100 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $ Full index © 2003-2011 GRASS Development Team