Produces a raster map of uniform random deviates whose range can be expressed by the user.
raster, random
r.surf.random
r.surf.random help
r.surf.random [-i] output=name [min=integer] [max=integer] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]
Create an integer raster map
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
Verbose module output
Quiet module output
Name for output raster map
Minimum random value
Default: 0
Maximum random value
Default: 100
r.surf.random produces a raster map layer of uniform random deviates whose range can be expressed by the user. It is essentialy the same as r.surf.gauss, but uses a linear random number generator instead. It uses the random number generator drand48() or rand(), depending on the user's platform.
Histogram of map generated with r.surf.random
r.surf.contour, r.surf.fractal, r.surf.gauss, r.surf.idw, r.surf.idw2, v.surf.rst
Jo Wood
Midlands Regional Research Laboratory (ASSIST)
University of Leicester
October 1991
Last changed: $Date: 2008-06-01 12:01:53 +0200 (Sun, 01 Jun 2008) $
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