topic_export(1grass)

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version 8.5.0 · 9 versions
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✨ Topic: export ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the topic_export(1grass) page, aka the master list of every single way GRASS lets you yeet your data OUT of it 💅 this is the export topic, and it's giving "everything must go" energy. no cap.

  • d.out.file — Saves the contents of the active display monitor to a graphics file. like a screenshot but make it official 📸
  • d.to.rast — Saves the contents of the active display monitor to a raster map. your screen, but now it's a whole raster, periodt.
  • db.out.ogr — Exports attribute tables into various formats. tables out here living their best OGR life 🎀
  • r.external.out — Redirects raster output to file utilizing GDAL library rather than storing in GRASS raster format. so it's GDAL o'clock instead of GRASS-format o'clock 🦋
  • r.out.ascii — Converts a raster map layer into a GRASS ASCII text file. raster → plain text, iconic behavior.
  • r.out.bin — Exports a GRASS raster to a binary array. numbers but ✨binary✨
  • r.out.gdal — Exports GRASS raster maps into GDAL supported formats. the whole GDAL roster, your choice 🫶
  • r.out.gridatb — Exports GRASS raster map to GRIDATB.FOR map file (TOPMODEL). TOPMODEL girlies, this one's for you.
  • r.out.mat — Exports a GRASS raster to a binary MAT-File. for when MATLAB is your main character 😭
  • r.out.mpeg — Converts raster map series to MPEG movie. cinema!! 🎬
  • r.out.png — Export a GRASS raster map as a non-georeferenced PNG image. png but no geo attached, just vibes 🖼️
  • r.out.pov — Converts a raster map layer into a height-field file for POV-Ray. render it, bestie 🌈
  • r.out.ppm — Converts a GRASS raster map to a PPM image file. old-school image format, still slaying.
  • r.out.ppm3 — Converts 3 GRASS raster layers (R,G,B) to a PPM image file. three layers walk into a bar and become one picture — R, G, B, no cap 🌸
  • r.out.vrml — Exports a raster map to the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). virtual reality?? lowkey ✨
  • r.out.vtk — Converts raster maps into the VTK-ASCII format. VTK-ASCII, exactly like that, don't @ me.
  • r.out.xyz — Exports a raster map to a text file as x,y,z values based on cell centers. cell centers are the moment fr fr.
  • r.pack — Exports a raster map as GRASS specific archive file. GRASS-specific, so keep it in the family 🎀
  • r3.out.ascii — Converts a 3D raster map layer into a ASCII text file. yes 3D, we're going up a dimension 💀
  • r3.out.bin — Exports a GRASS 3D raster map to a binary array. 3D + binary, highkey powerful.
  • r3.out.netcdf — Export a 3D raster map as netCDF file. netCDF girlies rise 🧚
  • r3.out.v5d — Exports GRASS 3D raster map to 3-dimensional Vis5D file. Vis5D, three-dimensional, obsessed.
  • r3.out.vtk — Converts 3D raster maps into the VTK-ASCII format. same VTK-ASCII energy, but now with depth.
  • t.rast.export — Exports space time raster dataset. space AND time?? main character energy ⭐
  • t.rast.out.vtk — Exports space time raster dataset as VTK time series. a whole time series, periodt.
  • t.vect.export — Exports a space time vector dataset as GRASS specific archive file. vectors + spacetime + GRASS-specific archive = a trio 💜
  • v.external.out — Defines vector output format. you pick the format, queen 👑
  • v.out.ascii — Exports a vector map to a GRASS ASCII vector representation. vector but text-flavored.
  • v.out.dxf — Exports vector map to DXF file format. DXF, for all my CAD besties ✏️
  • v.out.ogr — Exports a vector map layer to any of the supported OGR vector formats. any supported OGR format. the range?? unmatched.
  • v.out.postgis — Exports a vector map layer to PostGIS feature table. straight into PostGIS, no detours 💅
  • v.out.pov — Converts GRASS x,y,z points to POV-Ray x,z,y format. heads up: the order changes, that's not a typo, that's the whole point 🙈
  • v.out.svg — Exports a vector map to SVG file. scalable vector graphics but make it cute 🌟
  • v.out.vtk — Converts a vector map to VTK ASCII output. (note: this one says "VTK ASCII", no hyphen — keeping it exactly as written because we do not edit facts in this household 💖)
  • v.pack — Exports a vector map as GRASS specific archive file. the vector sibling of r.pack, iconic duo.

See also the corresponding keyword export for additional references.

Main index | Topics index | Keywords index | Graphical index | Full index

🫶 and that's the whole export roster, bestie. go forth and get your data OUT there.

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and yeah — this was topic_export(1grass) from the GRASS 8.5.0 manual, so if you're running GRASS 8.5.0 you're exactly where you should be. bye bestie, love u, go export something 💖✨

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