[GRASS5] v.in,dxf

[David D Gray]

"Roger S. Miller" wrote:
> 
> David D Gray wrote:
> 
> > There are really three stages of line data.
> >
> > 1) the original, that can be anything.
> > 2) polylines that have been assembled from the interpretation of the
> > spatial data in the original.
> > 3) the polylines in the dig (vector) file that are in a correct coverage
> > format, but not yet indexed (built).
> >
> > So the specific first-phase would need to handle the 1->2 import, and
> > the 2->3 import would be the generic stage.
> 
> Then it seems that the front-end developers can get to work on the new
> packages as soon has you have defined the format for this intermediate
> line type.
> 
> Roger Miller

I think so. I will soon make a proposal about formats and requirements
for the lines, for both monolithic and segmented imports. There are also
some suggestions about how to get the area points out for various
formats.

David