[GRASSLIST:4049] Re: Grass 5.7 vectors

> is there a way to set the size of the circles to correspond to one of
> the attributes in the connected dbf file? (In my case to reflect the
> size of the herd seen in a specific position).


Yes, two options:

[GRASS 5.7]
a) (for ps.map) v.buffer + v.patch in a loop 

b) (for display monitor) d.vect.chart ctype=pie with one column
   although this leaves a line from the radius to the edge

[5.0/5.3]
v.bubble, but it doesn't deal with overlapping circles very well.



see this thread:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.devel/2592



Hamish