t.support(1grass)

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version 8.5.0 · 10 versions
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💅 t.support

okay bestie, so this is the GRASS manual page for t.support, which is the little tool that goes in and messes with the metadata of a space time dataset. not the data data — the vibes around the data. the labels. the receipts. ✨

KEYWORDS: temporal, metadata, time 🕰️

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

t.support
t.support --help
t.support [-mu] input=name  [semantictype=string]   [type=name]
[title=string]   [description=string]   [aggr_type=string]   [--help]
[--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

she takes flags AND params, she's versatile like that 💅

🎀 Flags 🎀

  • -m — Updates the metadata info and the spatial extent of the registered maps, straight from the GRASS spatial database. AND. AND. she also checks for maps that got removed and deletes them from the temporal database and from all effected space time datasets. she's thorough, no cap. 👑
  • -u — Updates the metadata info, plus temporal and spatial extent, from the registered maps, based on database entries. this is the "the maps changed behind your back" rescue flag fr fr.
  • --help — prints the usage summary, i.e. she tells you how to use her 🫶
  • --verbose — verbose module output. she yaps (affectionately).
  • --quiet — quiet module output. she says nothing. mysterious. main character energy. 🤫
  • --ui — forces the GUI dialog to launch. clicky clicky instead of typey typey. 🖱️

🌸 Parameters 🌸

  • input=name [required] — Name of the input space time dataset. this one is MANDATORY bestie, she needs to know which dataset we're talking about 💖
  • semantictype=string — Semantic type of the space time dataset.
    • Options: min, max, sum, mean
    • Default: mean
  • type=name — Type of the input space time dataset.
    • Options: strds, stvds, str3ds
    • Default: strds
  • title=string — Title of the space time dataset. give her a cute name!! 🎀
  • description=string — Description of the space time dataset. the little blurb under the name, iykyk.
  • aggr_type=string — Aggregation type of the space time raster or 3D raster dataset.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So. The t.support module is literally dedicated to modifying and updating the metadata of a space time dataset. That's her whole job. That's the assignment and she ate. 🔥

What can you change? The title, the description, and the semantic type. That's the glow-up trifecta.

The flag -u lets you update the STDS metadata from the registered map layers. When is this a big deal? It's useful in case the map layers have been modified without using temporal commands — like, somebody went behind the temporal system's back and changed stuff, and now the metadata is lying to you. -u fixes the receipts. 😭

The flag -m will also update the metadata from registered maps, but she goes further: she checks if the registered map layers have been removed from the spatial database. And if they have? She deletes those missing map layers from the space time dataset register table AND from the temporal database. cleaning house. periodt. 🧹✨

💜 EXAMPLES 💜

Modification of title and description of space time raster dataset A.

t.support type=strds input=tempmean_monthly title="Monthly temperature for North Carolina" \
          description="Dataset with monthly temperature for North Carolina"

Update the metadata of space time raster dataset A and check for removed map layers.

t.support -m type=strds input=tempmean_monthly

see? not scary at all. you got this bestie 💖

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • t.create
  • t.info

the whole friend group fr fr. go check them out.

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Sören Gebbert, Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture — thank you for your service king 🫡👑

⭐ SOURCE CODE ⭐

Available at: t.support source code (history)

Latest change: Thursday Dec 18 07:11:47 2025 in commit: cf870a5e49fd2643a55de543467edf5c2e61d640

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this was t.support from the GRASS 8.5.0 manual — go update some metadata, you icon, and remember: the vibe changes, the facts do not. 🎀✨🦋

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