James Madison University
Integrated Science and Technology
Environment Sector
Author: Cate Wardell
Advisor: Dr. Steve Frysinger
Last updated: 26-Apr-2001

IMPORTANT: This index is divided by "How-to-do" specific actions. Clicking on an action will link you to the portion of the tutorial that shows you how to perform the action. This index only covers information that is addressed by the tutorial and is not exhaustive in its coverage of GRASS commands or capabilities.

Calculating

• Areas and perimeters in a vector file

Closing

• Command line interface terminals
• GRASS session
• Monitors

Command line interface terminals

• Closing
• Opening

Converting files

• From ArcView shape data to sites
• From ArcView shape data to vector
• From GLOBE binary to raster
• From raster to vector
• From sites to raster
• From sites to vector
• From TIFF to raster
• From vector to raster
• From vector to sites

Creating

• Buffered sites map in new file
• Color table for raster files
• Masks
• Merged vector files
• Neighborhood-manipulated raster map in new file

Displaying

• Category information for raster files
• GRASS session information
• Grids for monitors
• Legend for raster files
• Point coordinates for raster files
• Point coordinates for sites files
• Point coordinates for vector files
• Scale for raster files
• Scale for sites files
• Scale for vector files
• Statistics report for raster files
• Statistics report for vector files
• Vector map information

Drawing

• Vector features on a raster map

Erasing

• Monitors

GRASS help file

• Opening

GRASS manual pages

• Opening

GRASS session

• Closing
• Displaying information
• Opening
• Specifying the location, mapset and database at start
• Changing the mapset during a session

Grid

• Displaying

Labels

• Adding to a monitor

Legend

• Displaying for raster files

Logging in

• Environmental Systems Research Laboratory computer
• Linux

Logging off

• Environmental Systems Research Laboratory computer
• Linux

Masks

• Creating
• Removing

Merging

• Vector files

Monitors

• Adding textual labels
• Changing font
• Closing
• Displaying a grid
• Erasing
• Listing
• Opening
• Setting color mode
• Zooming in
• Zooming out

Navigate

• Web site

Opening

• Command line interface terminals
• GRASS help file
• GRASS manual pages
• GRASS session
• Monitors
• Raster files
• Sites files
• Vector files

Overview

• GIS and GRASS
• Project

Point coordinates

• Finding for raster file
• Finding for sites file
• Finding for vector file

Pruning

• Vector files

Raster files

• Converting from GLOBE binary file
• Converting from TIFF image file
• Converting to a vector file
• Creating a mask
• Creating a new color table
• Creating an neighborhood-manipulated map in a new raster file
• Displaying category information
• Displaying the legend
• Displaying the scale
• Drawing vector features
• Finding and displaying the coordinates of a point
• Generating and displaying a statistics report
• Modifying the existing color table
• Opening
• Overlaying cell category values
• Removing a mask

Scale

• Displaying for a raster file
• Displaying for a sites file
• Displaying for a vecor file

Sites files

• Converting from an ArcView shape file
• Converting to a raster file
• Converting to a vector file
• Creating an buffered map in a new sites file
• Displaying the scale
• Finding and displaying the coordinates of a point
• Opening

Statistics report

• Displaying for a raster file
• Displaying for a vector file

Text

• Adding label
• Changing the font

Trimming

• Vector files

Vector files

• Calculating enclosed areas and perimeters
• Converting from a ArcView shape file
• Converting to a raster file
• Converting to a sites file
• Displaying map information
• Displaying the scale
• Finding and displaying the coordinates of a point
• Generating and displaying a statistics report
• Merging vector files
• Pruning excess points
• Opening
• Removing edge vectors
• Trimming excess lines