v.what.rast(1grass) GRASS GIS User's Manual v.what.rast(1grass)
NAME
v.what.rast - Uploads raster values at positions of vector points to
the table.
KEYWORDS
vector, sampling, raster, position, querying, attribute table, surface
information
SYNOPSIS
v.what.rast
v.what.rast --help
v.what.rast [-ip] map=name [layer=string] [type=string[,string,...]]
raster=name [column=name] [where=sql_query] [--help] [--verbose]
[--quiet] [--ui]
Flags:
-i
Interpolate values from the nearest four cells
-p
Print categories and values instead of updating the database
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog
Parameters:
map=name [required]
Name of vector points map for which to edit attributes
Or data source for direct OGR access
layer=string
Layer number or name
Vector features can have category values in different layers. This
number determines which layer to use. When used with direct OGR ac-
cess this is the layer name.
Default: 1
type=string[,string,...]
Input feature type
Options: point, centroid
Default: point
raster=name [required]
Name of existing raster map to be queried
column=name
Name of attribute column to be updated with the query result
where=sql_query
WHERE conditions of SQL statement without ’where’ keyword
Example: income < 1000 and population >= 10000
DESCRIPTION
v.what.rast retrieves raster value from a given raster map for each
point or centroid stored in a given vector map. It can update a column
in the linked vector attribute table with the retrieved raster cell
value or print it.
The column type needs to be numeric (integer, float, double, ...). If
the column doesn’t exist in the vector attribute table than the module
will create the new column of type corresponding with the input raster
map.
If the -p flag is used, then the attribute table is not updated and the
results are printed to standard output.
If the -i flag is used, then the value to be uploaded to the database
is interpolated from the four nearest raster cells values using an in-
verse distance weighting method (IDW). This is useful for cases when
the vector point density is much higher than the raster cell size.
NOTES
Points and centroid with shared category number cannot be processed.
To solved this, unique categories may be added with v.category in a
separate layer.
If multiple points have the same category, the attribute value is set
to NULL. If the raster value is NULL, then attribute value is set to
NULL.
v.what.rast operates on the attribute table. To modify the vector geom-
etry instead, use v.drape.
Categories and values are output unsorted with the print flag. To sort
them pipe the output of this module into the UNIX sort tool (sort -n).
If you need coordinates, after sorting use v.out.ascii and the UNIX
paste tool (paste -d’|’). In the case of a NULL result, a "*" will be
printed in lieu of the value.
The interpolation flag is only useful for continuous value raster maps,
if a categorical raster is given as input the results will be nonsense.
Since the search window is limited to four raster cells there may still
be raster cell-edge artifacts visible in the results, this compromise
has been made for processing speed. If one or more of the nearest four
raster cells is NULL, then only the raster cells containing values will
be used in the weighted average.
EXAMPLES
Transferring raster values into existing attribute table of vector points
map
Reading values from raster map at position of vector points, writing
these values into a column of the attribute table connected to the vec-
tor map:
# work on copy of original geodetic points map
g.copy vector=geodetic_pts,mygeodetic_pts
# set computational region to raster map to be queried
g.region raster=elev_state_500m -p
# query raster cells (a new column will be added to existing table)
v.what.rast map=mygeodetic_pts raster=elev_state_500m column=height
# compare official geodetic heights to those of elevation model
v.db.select map=mygeodetic_pts columns=Z_VALUE,height separator=comma
Transferring raster values into new vector points map
In case of a vector map without attached attribute table, first add a
new attribute table. This table is then populated with values queried
from the raster map:
# create new random vector points map
v.random pnts n=100
# add new table, link to map
v.db.addtable map=pnts column="height double precision"
# set computational region to raster map to be queried
g.region raster=elevation -p
# query raster map and upload values to vector table into specified column
v.what.rast map=pnts raster=elevation column=height
# verify new attribute table:
v.db.select pnts
# verify statistics of uploaded values:
v.univar map=pnts column=height type=point
SEE ALSO
v.category, v.db.addtable, v.db.select, v.drape, v.univar,
v.rast.stats, v.what.vect
AUTHORS
Radim Blazek
Hamish Bowman (interpolation)
SOURCE CODE
Available at: v.what.rast source code (history)
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