subsetting a vector

%%To select a zone of raster map in grass we just need
%%to define the region and then
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%%r.mapcalc "new.map = old.map"
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%%Is there any way to do the same with a vector?
%%I have a very large vector of coastlines and I'm
%%interested only in one particular region.
%%
%%Thanks!
%%
%%Agus
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%%Dr. Agustin Lobo
%%Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC)
%%Marti Franques s/n
%%08028 Barcelona (Spain)
%%
%%tel. 34 3 330 2716
%%fax. 34 3 411 0012
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%%alobo@ija.csic.es
%%alobo@eno.princeton.edu
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%%

Use v.cutter with a vector layer that defines your area of interest.
Then run v.spag -i to clean-up the cut data.

Jill

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Jill R. Schuler
USDA
Natural Resource Conservation Service
2625 Redwing, Suite 110
Ft. Collins, Co 80526

e-mail: jschuler@ftc.nrcs.usda.gov Phone: (970) 282-2418