NAME

v.out.shape - export GRASS vector files to SHAPE
 

SYNOPSIS

v.out.shape   map=name   type=area,line,[both]   mapset=name   cats=[string],integer,float   prefix=name   log=filename
 

DESCRIPTION

v.out.shape will export GRASS vectors files to ESRI Shapefile format.
 
 

OPTIONS

 

Parameters:

map=name
name of input vector map. Must be level 2.(Run v.support option=build)
type=option
coverage type.
Options: area, line, both(default)
mapset=name
name of mapset containing vector file (default current).
cats=option
If category support is available, a third field is generated containing data of the selected type. Note `float' uses a double precision number. Otherwise ignored.
Options: none(default),string,integer,float.
prefix=name
prefix for SHAPE output filenames. Default is name of vector map.
log=filename
choose a logfile. If the file cannot be opened, standard error stream is used.

 
 

NOTES

The vector file export program, v.out.shape, will prompt you to enter the name of a GRASS vector file to be exported to SHAPE and for various options, see above.

A GRASS vector file to be exported to SHAPE may contain both LINE and POLYGON coverage. If you select type both for conversion, two layers will be produced with the appended suffixes _line and _area respectively for lines and polygons. Lines used as area edges however are not duplicated in the lines layer. If one layer is empty the unused files are deleted.
 
 

SEE ALSO

v.in.shape, m.in.e00, v.out.e00, v.in.arc, v.out.arc, v.out.dlg
 

AUTHOR

David D. Gray
<ddgray@armadce.demon.co.uk>

Depends on shapelib-1.2.8 or later by Frank Warmerdam.