How do I get ArcView shape files into Grass?

[James Harper]

Thanks for the help Frank.  I will let you know how it works out.

James Harper
Jharper at jps.net

-----Original Message-----
From:	grass at pandora.cecer.army.mil [mailto:grass at pandora.cecer.army.mil] On
Behalf Of Frank Warmerdam
Sent:	Monday, March 29, 1999 5:08 AM
To:	grass at cecer.army.mil
Subject:	Re: How do I get ArcView shape files into Grass?

James Harper wrote:
>
> How do I get .shp files into Grass as a vector file.  I will worry about
> getting them out later.  Thanks.

James,

You can try downloading my v.in.shape code from:

   http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/grass/index.html

Are you trying to import points, lines or polygons?  Points and polygons are
still somewhat problematic.  Points are not imported as sites (but as vector
points), and polygons are imported as closed arcs, but boundaries between
adjacent polygons will always appear double digitized.  Also, there aren't
any
internal points generated to label the polygons.

I would appreciate any reports of problems with this program.

Best regards,

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