NAME
v.extract - Selects vector features from an existing vector map and creates a new vector map containing only the selected features.
KEYWORDS
vector,
extract,
select,
dissolve,
random
SYNOPSIS
v.extract
v.extract --help
v.extract [-dtr] input=name [layer=string] [type=string[,string,...]] [cats=range] [where=sql_query] output=name [file=name] [random=integer] [new=integer] [dissolve_column=name] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]
Flags:
- -d
- Dissolve common boundaries (default is no)
- -t
- Do not copy attributes (see also 'new' parameter)
- -r
- Reverse selection
- --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
- Or data source for direct OGR access
- layer=string
- Layer number or name ('-1' for all layers)
- A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
- Default: 1
- type=string[,string,...]
- Types to be extracted
- Input feature type
- Options: point, line, boundary, centroid, area, face
- Default: point,line,boundary,centroid,area,face
- cats=range
- Category values
- Example: 1,3,7-9,13
- where=sql_query
- WHERE conditions of SQL statement without 'where' keyword
- Example: income < 1000 and population >= 10000
- output=name [required]
- Name for output vector map
- file=name
- Input text file with category numbers/number ranges to be extracted
- If '-' given reads from standard input
- random=integer
- Number of random categories matching vector objects to extract
- Number must be smaller than unique cat count in layer
- new=integer
- Desired new category value (enter -1 to keep original categories)
- If new >= 0, attributes is not copied
- Default: -1
- dissolve_column=name
- Name of attribute column for dissolving areas
- Preserves category values
v.extract allows a user to select vector objects from an existing
vector map and creates a new map containing only the selected objects.
Database tables can be queried with SQL statements, if a connection is
established.
Dissolving (optional) is based on the output categories. If 2 adjacent
areas have the same output category, the boundary is removed.
If cats, file, random or where options are not
specified, all features of given type and layer are
extracted. Categories are not changed in that case.
Only features with a category number in the selected layer will be
extracted. So if you want to extract boundaries (which are usually
without category, as that information is normally held in the area's
centroid) you must first use
v.category to add them, or use
layer=-1.
The examples are intended for the North Carolina sample dataset:
v.extract -d cats=1,2,3,4 input=soils_wake output=soil_groupa type=area new=0
produces a new vector soil_groupa, containing those areas from vector
soils which have category numbers 1 thru 4; any common boundaries are
dissolved, and all areas in the new map will be assigned category number 0.
v.extract -d cats=1-4 input=soils_wake output=soil_groupa type=area new=-1
produces a new vector map soil_groupa containing the areas from vector
soils which have categories 1 thru 4. Any common boundaries are
dissolved, all areas in the new map will retain their original category
numbers 1 thru 4, since new was set to -1.
v.extract input=soils_wake output=soil_groupa type=area new=1
produces a new vector map soil_groupa containing all areas from
soils. No common boundaries are dissolved, all areas of the new
map will be assigned category number 1.
v.extract input=markveggy.shp output=markveggy.1 new=13 \
where="(VEGTYPE = 'Wi') or (VEGTYPE = 'PS') or (PRIME_TYPE='Wi')"
produces a new vector map with category number 13 if the SQL statement is
fulfilled.
v.extract input=lakes output=lakes_gaps where="FTYPE is NULL"
v.extract input=lakes output=lakes_ftype where="FTYPE not NULL"
Remove meteorological stations from map which are located above 1000m:
# check what to delete:
v.db.select precip_30ynormals where="elev > 1000"
# perform reverse selection
v.extract -r input=precip_30ynormals output=precip_30ynormals_lowland \
where="elev > 1000"
# verify
v.db.select precip_30ynormals_lowland
# check column names:
v.info -c zipcodes_wake
# reclass based on desired column:
v.reclass input=zipcodes_wake output=zipcodes_wake_recl_nam column=ZIPNAME
# verify:
v.info -c zipcodes_wake_recl_nam
v.db.select zipcodes_wake_recl_nam
# dissolve:
v.extract -d input=zipcodes_wake_recl_nam output=zipcodes_wake_regions
This produces a new vector map with common boundaries dissolved where the reclassed
attributes of adjacent (left/right) areas are identical.
v.extract input=geology output=random_geology type=area random=3
This creates a new map with three random categories matching areas.
Note that there may be more than one feature with the same category.
v.category,
v.dissolve,
v.reclass,
GRASS SQL interface
R.L. Glenn, USDA, SCS, NHQ-CGIS
GRASS 6 port by Radim Blazek
SOURCE CODE
Available at:
v.extract source code
(history)
Latest change: Thursday Jan 26 14:10:26 2023 in commit: cdd84c130cea04b204479e2efdc75c742efc4843
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