GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > v.info -c GR_xy_wohnort Displaying column types/names for database connection of layer <1>: INTEGER|cat INTEGER|plz CHARACTER|ort CHARACTER|strasse CHARACTER|nr INTEGER|id CHARACTER|lat CHARACTER|lon DOUBLE PRECISION|x_wohn DOUBLE PRECISION|y_wohn DOUBLE PRECISION|dist_arbei DOUBLE PRECISION|dist_lwohn DOUBLE PRECISION|x_arbeit DOUBLE PRECISION|y_arbeit DOUBLE PRECISION|x_lastwohn DOUBLE PRECISION|y_lastwohn CHARACTER|nan GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > v.info -c GR_xy_arbeitsort Displaying column types/names for database connection of layer <1>: INTEGER|cat INTEGER|plz CHARACTER|ort CHARACTER|strasse CHARACTER|nr INTEGER|id CHARACTER|lat CHARACTER|lon DOUBLE PRECISION|x_arbeit DOUBLE PRECISION|y_arbeit GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > v.db.connect -p GR_xy_wohnort Vector map is connected by: layer <1/xy_wohnort> table in database through driver with key GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ >GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > v.db.connect -p GR_xy_arbeitsort Vector map is connected by: layer <1/xy_arbeitsort> table in database through driver with key GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > db.describe table=GR_xy_wohnort table:GR_xy_wohnort description: insert:? delete:? ncols:17 nrows:502 column:cat description: type:INTEGER len:4 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:plz description: type:INTEGER len:4 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:ort description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:strasse description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:nr description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:id description: type:INTEGER len:4 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:lat description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:lon description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:x_wohn description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:y_wohn description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:dist_arbei description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:dist_lwohn description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:x_arbeit description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:y_arbeit description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:x_lastwohn description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:y_lastwohn description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:nan description: type:CHARACTER len:3 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > db.describe table=GR_xy_arbeitsort table:GR_xy_arbeitsort description: insert:? delete:? ncols:10 nrows:330 column:cat description: type:INTEGER len:4 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:plz description: type:INTEGER len:4 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:ort description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:strasse description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:nr description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:id description: type:INTEGER len:4 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:lat description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:lon description: type:CHARACTER len:80 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:x_arbeit description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? column:y_arbeit description: type:DOUBLE PRECISION len:8 scale:0 precision:0 default: nullok:yes select:? update:? GRASS 7.0.svn (Survey):~ > Having a look at the table via PGAdmin III will show: CREATE TABLE gr_xy_wohnort ( cat integer, plz integer, ort character varying(80), strasse character varying(80), nr character varying(80), id integer, lat character varying(80), lon character varying(80), x_wohn double precision, y_wohn double precision, dist_arbei double precision, dist_lwohn double precision, x_arbeit double precision, y_arbeit double precision, x_lastwohn double precision, y_lastwohn double precision, nan character varying(3) ) Example of value x_arbeit: 683950.999985278 Example of value y_arbeit: 245281.003081325 Exampe of value x_wohnort: 696969.00272016 Example of value y_wohnort: 241017.00360929