Markus M wrote: > I know it's not a good idea at this stage of the discussion to > come up with yet another word to replace layer,
sure why not. might as well be now.. > but how about subset? Because by choosing a vector "layer" you > effectively select a subset of geometry objects in the vector map > layer ;-), optionally linked to an attribute table specific > for this subset. You would then display or process everything in > a vector map or just a vector map subset (keeping in mind that a subset > may contain all geometry objects present in a vector). it's a real word, which is a major plus. other ideas coming from that way of thinking: groupings, collections, classes, / classing or just go back to field numbers, ... Hamish _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev