v.out.svg(1)

💖 v.out.svg — the GRASS GIS User's Manual glow-up 💖

okay bestie, so this is v.out.svg(1), a GRASS GIS module, and she is literally the moment. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

v.out.svg — Exports a vector map to SVG file.

🏷️ KEYWORDS 🏷️

vector, export, output

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

v.out.svg
v.out.svg --help
v.out.svg input=name  [layer=string]  output=name type=string
[precision=integer]   [attribute=name[,name,...]]   [--overwrite]
[--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

🎀 Flags 🎀

• --overwrite — Allow output files to overwrite existing files. she'll just replace the old one, no cap 💅
• --help — Print usage summary
• --verbose — Verbose module output (she's chatty, we love her for it)
• --quiet — Quiet module output (she's giving ✨mysterious✨)
• --ui — Force launching GUI dialog

🌈 Parameters 🌈

• input=name [required] — Name of input vector map
  • Or data source for direct OGR access
• layer=string — Layer number or name (’-1’ for all layers)
  • A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
  • Default: -1
• output=name [required] — Name for SVG output file
• type=string [required] — Output type
  • Defines which feature-type will be extracted
  • Options: poly, line, point
  • Default: poly
• precision=integer — Coordinate precision
  • Default: 6
• attribute=name[,name,...] — Attribute(s) to include in output SVG

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

v.out.svg converts GRASS vector data to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) code notation. like, she takes your vectors and turns them into art, fr fr.

In particular, she:

• converts GRASS line, boundary, area, point, centroid objects to SVG <path />, <circle /> elements,
• reduces coordinate precision in SVG-output to save bandwidth,
• extracts GRASS attributes to gg:name="value" attributes.

The precision parameter controls the number of decimals for coordinates output (precision=0 corresponds to integer precision in the output SVG file). the way that precision=0 just rounds the whole vibe off? iconic. 👑

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

Export polygons from GRASS vector map soils (Spearfish sample data) to SVG format:

v.out.svg input=soils output=/tmp/output.svg type=poly

Export lines from GRASS vector map t_hydro (Spearfish sample data) to SVG format, set coordinate precision to 0:

v.out.svg input=t_hydro output=/tmp/output.svg type=line precision=0

Export points from GRASS vector map archsites (Spearfish sample data) to SVG format, include attribute str1 (name):

v.out.svg input=archsites output=/tmp/output.svg type=point precision=0 attrib=str1

not me noticing the example says attrib=str1 when the parameter is attribute — bestie I'm just telling you what the manual says, okay? don't come for me 🙈

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📚 REFERENCES 📚

• Module v.out.svg at svg.cc
• SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) at w3c.org

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

v.out.ogr

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Klaus Foerster (klaus svg.cc), Innsbruck, Austria

💻 SOURCE CODE 💻

Available at: v.out.svg source code (history)

Accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:41:28 2026

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