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PROGRAM:

NAME

r.contour - Produces a vector map of specified contours from a raster map.

KEYWORDS

raster, surface, contours, vector

SYNOPSIS

r.contour
r.contour --help
r.contour [-t] input=name output=name [step=float] [levels=float[,float,...]]
[minlevel=float] [maxlevel=float] [cut=integer] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose]
[--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:
-t
Do not create attribute table

--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help
Print usage summary

--verbose
Verbose module output

--quiet
Quiet module output

--ui
Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:
input=name [required]
Name of input raster map

output=name [required]
Name for output vector map

step=float
Increment between contour levels

levels=float[,float,...]
List of contour levels

minlevel=float
Minimum contour level

maxlevel=float
Maximum contour level

cut=integer
Minimum number of points for a contour line (0 -> no limit)
Default: 0

DESCRIPTION

r.contour produces a vector map of specified contours from input raster map. Contours can
be produced using a comma-separated list of values in levels, or at some regular increment
using the step parameter, using minlevel and maxlevel as minimum and maximum contour
values, respectively. If no minlevel or maxlevel is specified, the minimum and maximum
cell values in the input raster map will be used.

NOTES

r.contour will either step through incremental contours or produce contours from a list of
levels, not both. If both a list of levels and a step are specified, the list will be
produced and the step will be ignored.

Zero is treated as a valid data value by r.contour.

If a contour level exactly matches a category value in the raster map, the contour line
may backtrack on itself, causing illegal arcs to be produced in the output vector map.

The optional cut parameter allows the user to specify a minimum number of raster cells
eligilble to be included in a contour line written to the output vector map. It acts like
a filter, omitting spurs, single points, etc., making the output more generalized.

EXAMPLES

In the Spearfish location, produce a vector contour map from input raster elevation.dem
with contour levels from 1000m to 2000m, 100m contour step, and a minimum of 200 input
raster points contributing to the contour line:
r.contour input=elevation.dem output=elevation_dem_contours minlevel=1000 maxlevel=2000 step=100 cut=200

North Carolina example:

g.region raster=elev_lid792_1m -p
r.contour input=elev_lid792_1m output=elev_lid792_1m_contours minlevel=100 maxlevel=150 step=10

AUTHORS

Terry Baker, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
3/2001: cut parameter and fixes by Andrea Aime (aaime@libero.it)

Last changed: $Date: 2014-12-19 22:55:37 +0100 (Fri, 19 Dec 2014) $

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