GRASS Changes: 2nd Edition - Open Source GIS: GRASS Book

Important changes in GRASS 5.3.x since 2nd Edition book submission

Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach
Markus Neteler, Helena Mitasova
2. Edition 2004, 424 pages
ISBN: 1-4020-8064-6
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Dordrecht, London
Book Series: The Kluwer international series in Engineering and Computer Science: Volume 773

The book “Open Source GIS:A GRASS GIS Approach” (ISBN: 1-4020-8064-6) is based on GRASS 5.3 from December 2003. To help the readers of the book with ongoing improvements and changes in GRASS we will maintain this web page for a while.

In general please refer to the NEWS file for a list of changes between GRASS 5.3/2003 and the current version.

List of changes to use the 2nd edition book with GRASS 6

Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach
Markus Neteler, Helena Mitasova
2. Edition 2004, 424 pages
ISBN: 1-4020-8064-6
Kluwer Academic Publishers/Springer, Boston, Dordrecht, London
Book Series: The Kluwer international series in Engineering and Computer Science: Volume 773
Online supplement

The basic changes are the integration of sites into the vector engine.

Quick reference: Chapters 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 11 – 12 – 13

*Book Page(s)*	*Module*	*Update for GRASS 6*
Chapter 1, 2
No relevant changes.
Chapter 3
p. 27	v.in.shape	Use v.in.ogr instead
p. 27	Browser	The browser is auto-detected now.
p. 27	Tab. 32	Additionally there are: r3.* modules: raster volume processing No longer supported are: p.* modules (use ps.* instead or the QGIS print manager) m.* modules (m.proj: cs2cs; m.in.e00: v.in.e00)
p. 29	tcltkgrass	Use d.m instead
p. 29	g.list sites	g.list vect
p. 30	s.info/d.sites	s.info -> v.info d.sites -> d.vect This command becomes d.vect archsites col=white icon=basic/box
p. 33	g.mapsets	g.mapsets now comes with a new, convenient graphical user interface
p. 33/42	g.projinfo	g.proj -w
p. 46	EPSG/Startup screen	Note: The GRASS startup screen provides support to auto-generate locations from EPSG code
p. 48	s.proj	v.proj (-s is no longer needed)
p. 48	d.sites	d.sites -> d.vect
Chapter 4
p. 56	g.region -p3	Adding ‘3’ also reports the 3rd dimension (former g3.region)
p. 57	g.region -p3	Adding ‘3’ also reports the 3rd dimension (former g3.region)
p. 57	g3.setregion/g3.createwind	Retired, use g.* modules (g.region), 3D region definition is now fully integrated
p. 58	r.support	It is not needed to run r.support
p. 58	g.projinfo	g.proj -w
p. 66	i.rectify	Operates like any other raster module now, no email is sent any more
p. 68	Vector model	In GRASS 6 following primitives are supported: point, line, centroid, area, face (3D area), kernel (3D centroid) topology is always generated, the user no longer needs to run v.support (now: v.build)
p. 70/71	v.support	v.build (note: no more need to run after vector operation)
p. 71	v.in.shape	Use v.in.ogr instead
p. 71	m.in.e00	v.in.e00 (the manual attribute modifications are no longer needed as all attributes are imported)
p. 72	Ungenerate format	(currently) no longer supported
p. 73	v.in.ascii	Reads now from any directory as well as “standard in” (stdin)
p. 73	v.out.ascii	Saves now to any directory as well as “standard out” (stdout)
p. 73	SDTS	Use v.in.ogr to import SDTS
p. 74	v.in.dxf	v.in.dwg (see license note). It also supports 3D data.
p. 74	v.transform	The v.in.ascii step is no longer needed. The v.support call is no longer needed.
p. 77	v.in.gshhs	Not yet ported to GRASS 6 (status 5/2005, volunteers?)
p. 78	v.out.shape	Use v.out.ogr instead
p. 79	v.out.e00	E00 export is (currently) not supported (but could be derived from v.in.e00 script – status 5/2005, volunteers?)
p. 79	v.out.arc	Ungenerate export is (currently) not supported
p. 79	v.in.ascii	Reads now from any directory as well as “standard in” (stdin)
p. 79	v.out.sdts	SDTS export is (currently) not supported
p. 80	Sites	Sites are managed as vector points in GRASS 6
p. 81	s.in.mif	Use v.in.ogr
p. 81	s.in.shape	Use v.in.ogr
p. 81	s.in.dbf	Use v.in.db
p. 81-83	s.in.ascii, s.out.ascii	Use v.in.ascii, v.out.ascii
p. 83	s.to.rast	v.to.rast
p. 86	slide.show.sh	d.slide.show
Chapter 5
p. 86	r.colors	Additional color tables are available with rules= parameter
p. 97	r.mask	Please use r.mapcalc or r.reclass to create a binary ‘MASK’ map. Or use g.copy to rename an existing binary map to ‘MASK’.
p. 98	s.surf.rst	v.surf.rst
p. 105-106	r.line	r.to.vect
p. 105-106	r.poly	r.to.vect
p. 108	r.to.sites	The procedure needs to be slightly modified: Either use r.thin (thinning the line to single pixel width) to avoid parallel points being generated. Or, preferably, set the raster resolution to the map resolution before generating the points such as: g.region rast=transport.misc -p … r.to.vect transport.misc out=transport_misc feature=point …
p. 109	s.surf.rst	merged into v.surf.rst
p. 118	r.poly	r.to.vect
p. 118	v.support	v.build (but no more need to run it here)
p. 120-121	d.sites	d.vect
p. 125	r.hydro.CASC2D	Not yet ported to GRASS 6 (status 5/2005, volunteers?)
p. 125	d.rast.labels	Not yet ported to GRASS 6 (status 5/2005, volunteers?)
Chapter 6
p. 131	digitizer board	(Currently) not supported
p. 132	r.line	r.to.vect
p. 132	r.poly	r.to.vect
p. 133	scale	The scale is no longer actively used for calculation of snapping thresholds in vector maps. Thresholds are now usually given in map/projection units (and in v.digit optionally also in sceen pixels).
p. 133-138	v.digit	This module was completely rewritten (with new user interface). Please refer to the manual page of the module.
p. 138	category labels	Labels are now managed in the associated DB table (use db.execute)
p. 138	v.spag	v.clean with break,snap tools (see manual page)
p. 139	v.prune	v.clean with prune tool (see manual page)
p. 140	category labels	Labels are now managed in the associated DB table (use db.execute)
p. 141	v.llabel/v.alabel	v.category
p. 141	d.vect.area	d.vect (-c to colorize polygons)
p. 141	d.vect.labels	d.vect (attr parameter)
p. 142	slide.show.sh	d.slide.show
p. 142	v.what	use v.distance & d.what.vect
p. 142	v.area	use v.to.db
p. 142-143	v.patch	additionally there are v.overlay and v.select
p. 142	v.spag	v.clean
p. 143	v.cutregion.sh	v.in.region + v.overlay
p. 143-144	v.cutter	v.overlay
p. 143-144	d.vect.labels	d.vect (attr parameter)
p. 144	d.vect.area	d.vect (-c to colorize polygons)
p. 144	r.line	r.to.vect
p. 144	r.poly	r.to.vect
p. 144	s.hull	v.hull
p. 144	r.to.sites	r.to.vect
p. 144-145	v.to.sites	no longer needed
p. 145	v.area2line	v.type
p. 145	v.llabel	v.category
p. 146	Figure	s.* integrated into v.*
p. 146	s.voronoi	v.voronoi
p. 149-150	s.surf.idw	v.surf.idw
p. 150	v.to.sites	no longer needed
Chapter 7
p. 151	Site data	Site data format was retired, point data are managed as vector point data
p. 151	site_lists directory	This directory is not used for storing point data in GRASS6
p. 152	v.to.sites	Digitized points remain in vector format, this command was retired
p. 152	r.to.sites	Use r.to.vect
p. 152	r3.to.sites	Not supported yet, but volume visualization is now supported directly by nviz
p. 153	r.random	Option sites_out changed to vector_output
p. 153	s.sample	Use v.sample
p. 153	v.to.sites	Retired, no longer needed
p. 153	s.perturb	Use v.perturb
p. 153	s.in.ascii	Use v.in.ascii
p. 154	s.info	Use v.info
p. 154	d.sites	Use d.vect
p. 154	d.what.sites	Use d.what.vect
p. 156	s.univar	Use v.univar
p. 156	s.normal, s.qcount	Use v.normal, v.qcount
p. 156	s.sv, m.svfit	Use R or gstat, no longer supported
p. 157	s.to.rast	Use v.to.rast
p. 157	s.to.rast3	Not supported yet
p. 158	s.voronoi	Use v.voronoi, use output of v.random to create the input file
p. 158, 168-169	s.to.rast	Use v.to.rast
p. 159-175	s.voronoi, s.surf.idw, s.surf.rst, s.vol.rst, s.volt.rst	Use v.voronoi, v.surf.idw, v.surf.rst, v.vol.rst, v.volt.rst not yet available
p. 166	s.surf.rst.cv	Use v.surf.rst
p. 167-171	data sets	Need to be updated to GRASS6
p. 172-173	g3.setregion/g3.createwind/g3.list	Retired, use g.* modules (g.region, g.list rast3d), 3D region definition is now fully integrated
p. 174	s.to.rast3	Not supported yet
p. 174,175	s.vol.idw	Not supported yet
Chapter 8
p. 177	d.sites	Use d.vect
p. 177	d.rast.labels	Not supported, convert to vector and use d.vect
p. 177	d.vect.labels, d.site.labels	Use d.vect, note that polygon labels are associated with centroids
p. 182	d.area	Use d.vect
p. 185	nviz …. sites=archsites	sites option replaced by vector, but the loading does not work from command line, so load from the GUI as Vector points
p. 185	Figure 8.3 nviz Vector Panel and Sites Panel	Changed to Vector Lines and Vector Points Panel
p. 188	Panel – Sites	replaced by Panel – Vector Points
p. 193	rgb2gifanim	Use convert command
p. 195	Visualizing volumes	Isosurfaces and crossections added, use Panel – Volume
p. 197	ps.map	the definitions for vector maps are modified. There are also new features, please refer to the manual of ps.map for an example.
Chapter 9
p. 195	Visualizing volumes	Isosurfaces and crossections added, use Panel – Volume
p. 207	i.in.erdas	Use r.in.gdal
p. 209	i.out.erdas	Use r.out.gdal
p. 214	dcorrelate.sh	d.correlate
p. 220	i.rectify	does no longer send an email, but behaves like any other raster module
p. 227	r.to.sites	Use r.to.vect
p. 220	s.surf.rst	Use v.surf.rst
p. 220	d.vect.labels	Use d.vect
p. 241	Brovey Fusion	now implemented as i.fusion.brovey
Chapter 10
p. 270	r.poly	r.to.vect
p. 270	v.support	no longer needed
Chapter 11
p. 274	Script programming	It is recommended to use g.parser in scripts for easy user interface programming. Please see scripts shipped with GRASS 6 for examples.
p. 280	Automated usage	A user can now run multiple GRASS 6 sessions in parallel (in different mapsets).
p. 281	.grassrc5	Renamed to .grassrc6
p. 283	C programming	The source code directory structure was simplified.
p. 284	V2_, dig_	Retired/internal use only. The programmer will use Vect_*() functions only.
p. 284	G_sites	Retired – migrated to Vect_*() functions.
p. 285	Variables	All settings are defined in include/Make/* now.
Chapter 12
p. 293	s.surf.rst	Use v.surf.rst
p. 302	wake_spft data set	Needs update for GRASS6
p. 306-307	soils and land cover conversion to raster	Multiple attributes are directly supported
p. 308	s.info, s.surf.rst	Use v.info, v.surf.rst
Chapter 13
p. 328	gstat	From gstat version 2.4.4 onwards the new GRASS 6 is supported
	R-stats	– TODO – (the GRASS 6 interface is currently under development, see GRASS Newsletter Vol.3) Installation of new interface: see here