[GRASS-user] How to read the v.build-dump options?

Dear grass-user members,
to identify nodes of lines and to analyse the geometry of line crossings the output of the dump of v.build seems to be very useful. However I do not benefit fully of this data, because I did not find any explanation of the output format. Where can I find a documentation?
Best regards,
Helmer

On 30/01/15 12:16, Helmer Schack-Kirchner wrote:

Dear grass-user members,
to identify nodes of lines and to analyse the geometry of line
crossings the output of the dump of v.build seems to be very useful.
However I do not benefit fully of this data, because I did not find any
explanation of the output format. Where can I find a documentation?

Check here:

http://grass.osgeo.org/programming7/vlibTopology.html

notably the section 'Body (nodes, lines, areas, isles)'

This should make it clear. Another way to help understand is to actually display the topology info with the map, e.g.:

d.vect roadsmajor display=shape,topo,dir

(i.e. check the boxes 'Display topology information' and 'Display direction of linear features' in the vector display GUI).

Moritz