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NAME

v.rast.bufferstats - Calculates statistics of raster map(s) for buffers around vector geometries.

KEYWORDS

vector, raster, buffer, statistics

SYNOPSIS

v.rast.bufferstats
v.rast.bufferstats --help
v.rast.bufferstats [-tpurl] input=name raster=name[,name,...] buffers=integer[,integer,...] type=string[,string,...] [layer=string] column_prefix=string[,string,...] [methods=string[,string,...]] [percentile=integer] [output=name] [separator=character] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-t
Tabulate area within buffers for categories in raster map(s)
-p
Used with -t flag will return percentage of area for categories
-u
Update columns if they already exist
-r
Remove columns without data
-l
Use labels for column names if possible
--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 vector map
Vector map containing geometries to compute buffer statistics for
raster=name[,name,...] [required]
Raster map(s) to calculate statistics from
buffers=integer[,integer,...] [required]
Buffer distance(s) in map units
type=string[,string,...] [required]
Vector type to work on
Options: points, lines, areas
Default: points,lines,areas
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 access this is the layer name.
Default: 1
column_prefix=string[,string,...] [required]
Column prefix for new attribute columns
methods=string[,string,...]
The methods to use
Options: number, number_null, minimum, maximum, range, sum, average, average_abs, stddev, variance, coeff_var, first_quartile, median, third_quartile
Default: number,number_null,minimum,maximum,range,sum,average,average_abs,stddev,variance,coeff_var,first_quartile,median,third_quartile
percentile=integer
Percentile to calculate
Options: 0-100
output=name
Name for output file (if "-" output to stdout)
separator=character
Field separator
Field separator in output file
Default: |

Table of contents

DESCRIPTION:

The purpose of the v.rast.bufferstats module is to provide local environmental context to a series of input geometries. It computes statistics from multiple input raster maps within multiple buffers around selected geometries in the input vector map.

Available statistics are either

  1. statistics provided by r.univar or
  2. if the t-flag is checked - area of, number of and/or the most frequent (mode) raster categories within the buffers using r.stats.

If the output option is specified, results are written to a text file or stdout instead of the attribute table of the input map. The output file is produced with the following column order:
cat | prefix | buffer| statistic/measure | value
separated by the user defined separator (default is |).

NOTE

The module temporarily modifies the computational region. The region is set to the extent of the respective buffers, while the alignment of the current region is kept.

EXAMPLES

# Preparations
g.region -p raster=elevation,geology_30m
v.clip -r input=bridges output=bridges_wake

# Tabulate area of land cover map
g.region -p raster=elevation,geology_30m align=geology_30m
v.rast.bufferstats -t input=bridges_wake raster=geology_30m buffers=100,250,500 column_prefix=geology

# Compute terrain statistics and update vector attribute table
g.region -p raster=elevation,geology_30m align=elevation
r.slope.aspect elevation=elevation slope=slope aspect=aspect
v.rast.bufferstats input=bridges_wake raster=altitude,slope,aspect buffers=100,250,500 column_prefix=altitude,slope,aspect methods=minimum,maximum,average,stddev percentile=5,95

KNOWN ISSUES

In order to avoid topological issues with overlapping buffers, the module loops over the input geometries. However, this comes at costs with regards to performance. For a larger number of geometries in the vector map, it can be therefore more appropriate to compute neighborhood statistics with r.neighbors and to extract (v.what.rast, r.what) or aggregate (v.rast.stats) from those maps with neighborhood statistics.

The module is affected by the following underlying library issue: Currently, the module uses GRASS native buffering through pygrass which should be replaced by buffering using GEOS: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3628

SEE ALSO

r.univar r.stats v.rast.stats

AUTHOR

Stefan Blumentrath, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Oslo, Norway

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.rast.bufferstats source code (history)

Latest change: Monday Jan 30 19:52:26 2023 in commit: cac8d9d848299297977d1315b7e90cc3f7698730


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