#3951: v.in.ascii: add: Note: z= always still needs to be set manually, despite
using -z.
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Reporter: jidanni | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: trivial | Milestone:
Component: Docs | Version: unspecified
Resolution: | Keywords:
CPU: Unspecified | Platform: Unspecified
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Comment (by mmetz):
Replying to [ticket:3951 jidanni]:
> In v.in.ascii at
>
> {{{
> z=integer
> Number of column used as z coordinate (points mode)
> First column is 1. If 0, z coordinate is not used
> Default: 0
> }}}
>
> add:
>
> Note: z= always still needs to be set manually, despite using -z.
>
> In fact perhaps 3 would be a good default, if -z use is detected...
If you want to create 3D points when using `v.in.ascii format=point`,
there is no reason to assume that z coordinates are in column 3, this
depends on the input data and use case.
A simplification of the user interface would be to imply `-z` if z > 0.