[GRASS-user] SOLVED Determining number of overlapping features per location after import of shape file

Hi

I managed to solve it:

    v.in.ogr dsn=./shp/ layer=fireHistory output=fireHistory
    v.category input=fireHistory output=tmpFire
    v.db.addtable map=tmpFire table=tmpFire_2 layer=2 columns='num,int'
    v.to.db map=tmpFire layer=2 qlayer=1 option=query col=num
qcol='count(*)' type=centroid

finally I can export it to a raster layer:
     v.to.rast input=tmpFire layer=2 output=mf use=attr column=num --overwrite

Could the code on the website
http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/vector.php please be updated, as it
is not working under grass 6.3 and less commands are necessary?

Is there a WIKI to which I could upload the code?

Thanks for your help,

Rainer

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Hamish <hamish_b@yahoo.com> wrote:

Is there another way of getting the number of overlapping features
per cell?

Hi,

maybe this helps- you can try Radim's example from the vector screenshots page. (see GRASS 6.0 "Overlapping polygons" section)

http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/vector.php

Yes, funny place for tutorial material, but it demos some functionality.

Thanks Hamish - I found that one alredy, but it does not work:

OK - her is what I did:

v.category input=fire_p output=fire_c type=centroid option=add --o <<-- option field=2 does not exist any more?

WARNING: Vector map <fire_c> already exists and will be overwritten
Building topology ...
3901 primitives registered
Building areas: 100%
1220 areas built
54 isles built
Attaching islands: 100%
Attaching centroids: 100%
Topology was built.
Number of nodes : 2735
Number of primitives: 3901
Number of points : 0
Number of lines : 0
Number of boundaries: 2746
Number of centroids : 1155
Number of areas : 1220
Number of isles : 54
Number of areas without centroid : 65
[Raster MASK present]

echo "create table fire_c_2 (id int, num int)" | db.execute

v.db.connect map=fire_c driver=dbf layer=2 table=fire_c_2 key=id -o

The table <fire_c_2> is now part of vector map <fire_c> and may be deleted
or overwritten by GRASS modules
[Raster MASK present]

> v.to.db map=fire_c layer=2 option=cat col=id <<-- option col1=
changed to col=
Updating database...
100%
7 categories read from map
0 records selected from table
0 categories read from map exist in selection from table
6 categories read from map don't exist in selection from table
6 records updated/inserted
0 update/insert errors
[Raster MASK present]

> v.to.db map=fire_c layer=2 qlayer=1 option=query column=num
qcolumn="count(*)" type=centroid <<-- option col1= changed to column=
qcol= to qcolumn=
Reading data from the map...
100%
Querying database...
DBMI-DBF driver error:
SQL parser error:
in statement:
SELECT count(*) FROM ...
Error in db_open_select_cursor()

I guess this is a problem with the dbf database? Is there any way of
solving this in dbf?

Rainer

Hamish

--
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Plant Conservation Unit
Department of Botany
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7701
South Africa

--
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Plant Conservation Unit
Department of Botany
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7701
South Africa

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi

I managed to solve it:

great!

   v.in.ogr dsn=./shp/ layer=fireHistory output=fireHistory
   v.category input=fireHistory output=tmpFire
   v.db.addtable map=tmpFire table=tmpFire_2 layer=2 columns='num,int'
   v.to.db map=tmpFire layer=2 qlayer=1 option=query col=num
qcol='count(*)' type=centroid

finally I can export it to a raster layer:
    v.to.rast input=tmpFire layer=2 output=mf use=attr column=num --overwrite

Could the code on the website
http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/vector.php please be updated, as it
is not working under grass 6.3 and less commands are necessary?

I have indicated the GRASS verison there.

Is there a WIKI to which I could upload the code?

I have created a new FAQ:
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Vector_Overlapping_Areas

List of FAQs:
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:FAQ

Feel free to modify, rewrite, ... :slight_smile:

Markus

I forgot to mention: I did NOT get it to work with dbf and switched to
sqlite where it worked.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Markus Neteler <neteler@osgeo.org> wrote:

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi

I managed to solve it:

great!

   v.in.ogr dsn=./shp/ layer=fireHistory output=fireHistory
   v.category input=fireHistory output=tmpFire
   v.db.addtable map=tmpFire table=tmpFire_2 layer=2 columns='num,int'
   v.to.db map=tmpFire layer=2 qlayer=1 option=query col=num
qcol='count(*)' type=centroid

finally I can export it to a raster layer:
    v.to.rast input=tmpFire layer=2 output=mf use=attr column=num --overwrite

Could the code on the website
http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/vector.php please be updated, as it
is not working under grass 6.3 and less commands are necessary?

I have indicated the GRASS verison there.

Is there a WIKI to which I could upload the code?

I have created a new FAQ:
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Vector_Overlapping_Areas

List of FAQs:
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:FAQ

Feel free to modify, rewrite, ... :slight_smile:

Markus

--
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Plant Conservation Unit
Department of Botany
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7701
South Africa

Rainer:

Is there a WIKI to which I could upload the code?

Yes.

http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_6_Tutorial
  (slow merge from http://grass.itc.it/grass57/tutorial/)

what Markus just created:
  http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Vector_Overlapping_Areas

main wiki site:
  http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page

just create yourself an account & go for it.

Hamish