v.in.region(1)

NAME
v.in.region - Creates a vector polygon from the current region extent.

KEYWORDS
vector, geometry

SYNOPSIS
v.in.region
v.in.region --help
v.in.region [-d] output=name [type=string] [cat=integer] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

-d
    Densify lines using region resolution

--overwrite
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help
    Print usage summary

--verbose
    Verbose module output

--quiet
    Quiet module output

--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

  Parameters:

output=name [required]
    Name for output vector map

type=string
    Select type: line or area
    Options: line, area
    Default: area

cat=integer
    Category value
    Default: 1

DESCRIPTION
v.in.region creates a new vector map from current region extent.

If the output of v.in.region is to be used for raster reprojection, the -d flag should be used after setting the region to the raster map to be reprojected with r.proj.

EXAMPLE
The example is based on the North Carolina sample data. To create a bounding box vector map based on a raster map, the computational region is first set to the raster map. Then a vector bounding box is created based on the actual computational region (in this case precisely reflecting the pixel geometry of the raster map), resulting in a new vector polygon:

g.region raster=soils_Kfactor -p
v.in.region output=soils_Kfactor_bbox
v.info map=soils_Kfactor_bbox

SEE ALSO
g.region, r.proj, v.info

AUTHOR
Radim Blazek

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.in.region source code (history)

Accessed: Monday May 11 17:55:04 2026

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