GRASS Changes: 2nd Edition
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 |
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| 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 |
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