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This program generates flowlines using a combined raster-vector
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approach (see <a href="http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/gmslab/papers/hmg.rev1.ps">Mitasova and
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Hofierka 1993</a> and <a href="http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/gmslab/papers/ijgis.html">Mitasova et
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-al. 1995</a>) from an input elevation raster map <b>elevin</b>
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+al. 1995</a>) from an input elevation raster map <b>elevation</b>
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(integer or floating point), and optionally an input aspect raster map
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-<b>aspin</b> and/or an input barrier raster map <b>barin</b>. There are
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+<b>aspect</b> and/or an input barrier raster map <b>barrier</b>. There are
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three possible output maps which can be produced in any combination
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-simultaneously: a vector map <b>flout</b> of flowlines, a raster map
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-<b>lgout</b> of flowpath lengths, and a raster map <b>dsout</b> of flowline
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+simultaneously: a vector map <b>flowline</b> of flowlines, a raster map
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+<b>flowlength</b> of flowpath lengths, and a raster map <b>flowaccumulation</b> of flowline
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densities (which are equal upslope contributed areas per unit width, when
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multiplied by resolution).
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<p>
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ in other GRASS programs (see <a href="v.surf.rst.html">v.surf.rst</a>
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or <a href="r.slope.aspect.html">r.slope.aspect</a>).
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<p>
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-Flowline output is given in a vector map <b>flout</b>, (flowlines generated
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+Flowline output is given in a vector map <b>flowline</b>, (flowlines generated
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downhill). The line segments of flowline vectors have endpoints on edges
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of a grid formed by drawing imaginary lines through the centers of the
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cells in the elevation map. Flowlines are generated from each cell downhill
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@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ by default; they can be generated uphill using the flag <b>-u</b>. A flowline
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stops if its next segment would reverse the direction of flow (from up
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to down or vice-versa), cross a barrier, or arrive at a cell with undefined
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elevation or aspect. Another option, <b>skip</b>=val, indicates that only
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-the flowlines from every val-th cell are to be included in <b>flout</b>.
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-The default <b>skip</b> is max(1, <rows in elevin>/50, <cols in elevin>/50).
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+the flowlines from every val-th cell are to be included in <b>flowline</b>.
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+The default <b>skip</b> is max(1, <rows in elevation>/50, <cols in elevation>/50).
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A high <b>skip</b> usually speeds up processing time and often improves
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-the readability of a visualization of <b>flout</b>.
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+the readability of a visualization of <b>flowline</b>.
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<p>
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-Flowpath length output is given in a raster map <b>lgout</b>. The value
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+Flowpath length output is given in a raster map <b>flowlength</b>. The value
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in each grid cell is the sum of the planar lengths of all segments of the
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flowline generated from that cell. If the flag <b>-3</b> is given, elevation
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is taken into account in calculating the length of each segment.
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<p>Flowline density downhill or uphill output is given in a raster map
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-<b>dsout.</b> The value in each grid cell is the number of flowlines which
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+<b>flowaccumulation.</b> The value in each grid cell is the number of flowlines which
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pass through that grid cell, that means the number of flowlines from the
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entire map which have segment endpoints within that cell.
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@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ is the only way to handle arbitrarily-large data files. If this flag is
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given, the <b>-m</b> flag will be ignored.
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-->
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-The <b>barin</b> parameter is a raster map name with non-zero
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+The <b>barrier</b> parameter is a raster map name with non-zero
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values representing barriers as input.
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@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ unless a DEM without pits or flat areas is available
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<h3>Algorithm background</h3>
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-<p>1. Construction of flow-lines (slope-lines): <em>r.flow</em> uses an original
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+<p>1. Construction of flowlines (slopelines): <em>r.flow</em> uses an original
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vector-grid algorithm which uses an infinite number of directions between
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0.0000... and 360.0000... and traces the flow as a line (vector) in the
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direction of gradient (rather than from cell to cell in one of the 8
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