[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2239: GRASS 7: v.to.rast -d produces empty raster when used on areas

#2239: GRASS 7: v.to.rast -d produces empty raster when used on areas
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Reporter: sbl | Owner: grass-dev@…
     Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.0.0
Component: Vector | Version: svn-trunk
Keywords: v.to.rast | Platform: All
      Cpu: Unspecified |
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Converting areas from vector to raster (v.to.rast) with the -d flag (dense
lines) results in an empty raster map.

This is probably/likely because boundaries are not lines in a topolgical
sense.

It may be technically chalenging to desify also boundaries. Here one might
probably have to distinguish shared boundaries (which can not be
densified) and boundaries "owned" by a single area (which could be
desified).[[BR]]

In any case, it would be helpful to catch this behavior at least using a
warning/error message and by adding information to the manual.

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