r.surf.random(1)

NAME
r.surf.random

DESCRIPTION
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

SEE ALSO
r.surf.contour, r.surf.fractal, r.surf.gauss, r.surf.idw, r.surf.idw2, v.surf.rst

AUTHOR
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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