GRASS Extras

This how-to exercise covers the basic steps I use to import multibeam data into GRASS using MB-System.

Introduction

Updated Version Released August 15, 2012 (see notes below)

The r.in.mb GRASS/Mb-Stystem program is designed to import mbio compatible multibeam data directly into the GRASS GIS.

Introduction

The v.mk_circle program is a simple GRASS utility to create a closed vector at a user defined location and size. The program was originally written to create a GRASS  vector for target zones at a specific location. The v.mk_circle program has since been upgraded to output other shapes (see below), and accept multiple locations and sizes from an ASCII file or standard input.

Introduction

The p.in.labels program is a simple import tool for converting XYZ files to GRASS label files. The Z column of the XYZ file is read as the GRASS label. The program reads the XYZ file from either standard input (stdin) or an existing ASCII file.

The standard GRASS label options are available including size, fontsize, offset, color, justification, and rotation.

Example

To import the following XYZ labels from labels.txt  into GRASS