.TH v.in.mapgen 1grass "" "GRASS 6.4.2" "Grass User's Manual"
.SH NAME
\fI\fBv.in.mapgen\fR\fR  - Imports Mapgen or Matlab-ASCII vector maps into GRASS.
.SH KEYWORDS
vector, import
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBv.in.mapgen\fR
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\fBv.in.mapgen help\fR
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\fBv.in.mapgen\fR [-\fBfz\fR] \fBinput\fR=\fIstring\fR  [\fBoutput\fR=\fIstring\fR]   [--\fBoverwrite\fR]  [--\fBverbose\fR]  [--\fBquiet\fR] 
.SS Flags:
.IP "\fB-f\fR" 4m
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Input map is in Matlab format
.IP "\fB-z\fR" 4m
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Create a 3D vector points map from 3 column Matlab data
.IP "\fB--overwrite\fR" 4m
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Allow output files to overwrite existing files
.IP "\fB--verbose\fR" 4m
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Verbose module output
.IP "\fB--quiet\fR" 4m
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Quiet module output
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.SS Parameters:
.IP "\fBinput\fR=\fIstring\fR" 4m
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Name of input file in Mapgen/Matlab format
.IP "\fBoutput\fR=\fIstring\fR" 4m
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Name for output vector map (omit for display to stdout)
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.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIv.in.mapgen\fR allows the user to import Mapgen or Matlab vector maps 
into GRASS.
.SH NOTES
This module only imports data into vector lines.
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The user can get coastline data in Mapgen or Matlab format from NOAA's Coastline 
Extractor at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/shorelines.html.
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Matlab vector line maps are simply a series of "x y" data points. Lines
are separated by a row containing NaN NaN.
Output from Matlab with this command:
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\fC
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    save filename.txt arrayname -ASCII
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\fR
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The user can import 3D lines from Matlab by exporting a 3 column array and
using the \fB-z\fR flag.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fIv.in.ascii\fR
.SH AUTHORS
Based on \fIv.in.mapgen.sh\fR for GRASS 5.0 by Andreas Lange
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Rewritten for GRASS 6 by Hamish Bowman
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\fILast changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 10:42:51 +0100 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $\fR
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