You can use v.type to convert from one primitive to another. I guess it won't hurt to run v.build on the result to make sure that all map objects have been converted to closed polygons.
Ben Roy Sanderson wrote: > Hello > > I have a line map that I would like to convert into boundaries, so that > centroids can then be placed within each closed boundary. However, > v.centroids will not operate on the map, because of course the map only > contains lines, not boundaries. Is there a way of retyping or recoding > lines to boundaries, so that the centroids can be added? (GRASS 6.2.1) > > Many thanks in advance > Roy > > _______________________________________________ > grassuser mailing list > [email protected] > http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser > > -- Benjamin Ducke, M.A. Archäoinformatik (Archaeoinformation Science) Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (Inst. of Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology) Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2-6 D 24098 Kiel Germany Tel.: ++49 (0)431 880-3378 / -3379 Fax : ++49 (0)431 880-7300 www.uni-kiel.de/ufg _______________________________________________ grassuser mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser

