t.create(1)

NAME
t.create - Creates a space time dataset.

KEYWORDS
temporal, map management, create, time

SYNOPSIS
t.create
t.create --help
t.create output=name [type=name] [temporaltype=name] semantictype=string title=string description=string [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

--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 of the output space time dataset

type=name
    Type of the output space time dataset
    Options: strds, stvds, str3ds
    Default: strds

temporaltype=name
    The temporal type of the space time dataset
    Options: absolute, relative
    Default: absolute

semantictype=string [required]
    Semantic type of the space time dataset
    Options: min, max, sum, mean
    Default: mean

title=string [required]
    Title of the new space time dataset

description=string [required]
    Description of the new space time dataset

DESCRIPTION
t.create is used to create space time datasets of type raster (STRDS), 3D raster (STR3DS) and vector (STVDS).

Space time datasets represent spatio-temporal fields in the temporal GRASS framework. They are designed to collect any amount of time stamped maps with time intervals and time instances. The temporal type of a space time dataset can be absolute (means with a fixed date) or relative (only sequential maps) and must be set during dataset creation along with the name and the description.

Time stamped maps can registered in and unregistered from space time datasets. The spatio-temporal extent as well as the metadata of a space time dataset is derived from its registered maps. Hence the metadata is dependent from the dataset type (raster, 3D raster, vector).

EXAMPLE

  Absolute STRDS dataset
Create a raster space time datasets

t.create type=strds temporaltype=absolute \
         output=precipitation_monthly \
         title="Monthly precipitation" \
         description="Dataset with monthly precipitation"

  Relative STVDS dataset
Create a vector space time datasets

t.create type=stvds temporaltype=relative \
         output=precipitation_monthly_30y \
         title="Monthly precipitation 30 years" \
         description="Test dataset with monthly average \
         precipitation in the last 30 year"

SEE ALSO
t.register, t.remove, t.info

AUTHOR
Sören Gebbert, Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture

SOURCE CODE

Available at: t.create source code (history)

Accessed: Monday May 11 17:55:47 2026

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