QGIS/python/plugins/fTools/ftools_help.xml

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<functions>
  <analysis>
    <ftools_function>
	<name>Distance matrix</name>
	<description>Measure distances between two point layers, and output results as a) Square distance matrix, b) Linear distance matrix, or c) Summary of distances. Can limit distances to the k nearest features.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/matrix.png</image>
	<category>Analysis Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Sum line lengths</name>
	<description>Calculate the total sum of line lengths for each polygon of a polygon vector layer.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/sum_lines.png</image>
	<category>Analysis Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Points in polygon</name>
	<description>Count the number of points that occur in each polygon of an input polygon vector layer.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/sum_points.png</image>
	<category>Analysis Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Basic statistics</name>
	<description>Compute basic statistics (mean, std dev, N, sum, CV) on an input field.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/basic_statistics.png</image>
	<category>Analysis Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>List unique values</name>
	<description>List all unique values in an input vector layer field.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/unique.png</image>
	<category>Geometry Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Nearest neighbour analysis</name>
	<description>Compute nearest neighbour statistics to assess the level of clustering in a point vector layer.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/neighbour.png</image>
	<category>Analysis Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Mean coordinate(s)</name>
	<description>Compute either the normal or weighted mean center of an entire vector layer, or multiple features based on a unique ID field.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/mean.png</image>
	<category>Analysis Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Line intersection</name>
	<description>Locate intersections between lines, and output results as a point shapefile. Useful for locating road or stream intersections, ignores line intersections with length > 0.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/intersections.png</image>
	<category>Analysis Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>
  </analysis>

  <sampling>
    <ftools_function>
	<name>Random selection</name>
	<description>Randomly select n number of features, or n percentage of features from an input vector layer.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/random_selection.png</image>
	<category>Sampling Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Random selection within subsets</name>
	<description>Randomly select features wihtin subsets of a vector layer based on a unique ID field.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/sub_selection.png</image>
	<category>Sampling Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Random points</name>
	<description>Generate pseudo-random points over a given input layer (raster or vector) and export them as a point shapefile.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/random_points.png</image>
	<category>Sampling Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Regular points</name>
	<description>Generate a regular grid of points over a specified region and export them as a point shapefile.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/regular_points.png</image>
	<category>Sampling Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Vector grid</name>
	<description>Generate a line or polygon vector grid based on user specified grid spacing.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/vector_grid.png</image>
	<category>Sampling Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>
	
    <ftools_function>
	<name>Select by location</name>
	<description>Select features based on their location relative to another layer to form a new selection, or add or subtract from the current selection.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/select_location.png</image>
	<category>Sampling Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>
  </sampling>

  <geoprocessing>
    <ftools_function>
	<name>Convex hulls</name>
	<description>Create minimum convex hull(s) (polygons) for an entire input layer, or based on a unique ID field.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/convex_hull.png</image>
	<category>Geoprocessing Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Buffer(s)</name>
	<description>Create buffer(s) around features based on specified distance, or distance field.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/buffer.png</image>
	<category>Geoprocessing Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Intersect</name>
	<description>Overlay vector layers such that output contains those areas where both layers intersect.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/intersect.png</image>
	<category>Geoprocessing Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Union</name>
	<description>Overlay vector layers such that output contains all intersecting and non-intersecting areas of input layers.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/union.png</image>
	<category>Geoprocessing Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Symetrical difference</name>
	<description>Overlay vector layers such that output contains those areas of the input and difference layers that do not intersect.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/sym_difference.png</image>
	<category>Geoprocessing Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Clip</name>
	<description>Overlay vector layers such that output contains those areas of the input layer that intersect the clip layer.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/clip.png</image>
	<category>Geoprocessing Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Difference</name>
	<description>Overlay vector layers such that output contains those areas of the input layer that do not intersect the clip layer.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/difference.png</image>
	<category>Geoprocessing Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Dissolve</name>
	<description>Merge features based on input field. All features with indentical input values are combined to form one single feature.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/dissolve.png</image>
	<category>Geoprocessing Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>
  </geoprocessing>

  <geometry>
    <ftools_function>
	<name>Check geometry validity</name>
	<description>Check polygon geometries for self-intersections, closed-holes and polygons, and correct node ordering.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/check_geometry.png</image>
	<category>Geometry Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Export/Add geometry values</name>
	<description>Add vector layer geometry info to point (XCOORD, YCOORD), line (LENGTH), or polygon (AREA, PERIMETER) layer.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/export_geometry.png</image>
	<category>Geometry Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Polygon centroids</name>
	<description>Calculate the true centroids, or 'center of mass' for each polygon in an input polygon layer.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/centroids.png</image>
	<category>Geometry Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Simplify geometries</name>
	<description>Simplify (generalise) line or polygon vector layers using (a modified) Douglas-Peucker algorithm.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/simplify.png</image>
	<category>Geometry Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Multipart to singleparts</name>
	<description>Convert multipart features to multiple singlepart features. Creates simple polygons and lines.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/multi_to_single.png</image>
	<category>Geometry Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Singleparts to multipart</name>
	<description>Merge multiple features to a single multipart feature based on a unique ID field.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/single_to_multi.png</image>
	<category>Geometry Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Polygons to lines</name>
	<description>Convert polygon features to line features. Multipart polygons are converted to multiple singlepart lines.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/to_lines.png</image>
	<category>Geometry Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Extract nodes</name>
	<description>Extract nodes from line and polygon vector layers and output them as points.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/extract_nodes.png</image>
	<category>Geometry Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>
  </geometry>

  <management>
	<ftools_function>
	<name>Export to new projection</name>
	<description>Based on input CRS, project features to new CRS and export as new shapefile.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/export_projection.png</image>
	<category>Data Management Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

	<ftools_function>
	<name>Define current projection</name>
	<description>Specify the CRS for shapefiles whose CRS has not been defined.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/define_projection.png</image>
	<category>Data Management Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>
	
    <ftools_function>
	<name>Join attributes</name>
	<description>Join additional attributes to vector layer attribute table and output results to a new shapefile. Additional attributes can be from a vector layer or stand-alone dbf table.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/join_attributes.png</image>
	<category>Data Management Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>
	
    <ftools_function>
	<name>Join attributes by location</name>
	<description>Join additional attributes to vector layer based on spatial relationship. Attributes from one vector layer are appended to the attribute table of another layer and exported as a shapefile </description>
	<image>icons/gis/join_location.png</image>
	<category>Data Management Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>

    <ftools_function>
	<name>Vector split</name>
	<description>Split input vector layer into multiple separate vector layers based on input field.</description>
	<image>icons/gis/split_layer.png</image>
	<category>Geoprocessing Tools</category>
	<long_description>Inputs, parameters, and additional information to be added</long_description>
    </ftools_function>
  </management>
</functions>