[GRASSLIST:4223] Re: Importing Vectors

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

maybe a workaround: Try to use "ogr2ogr" (part of GDAL):
http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/

It allows for conversion of MapInfo to SHAPE:
ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" out.shp in.mif 

Then
v.in.shape out.shp ...

I am not sure about the status of v.in.mif, it may be weak.

Good luck,

 Markus

PS: OGR Vector Formats
http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/opengis/ogrhtml/ogr_formats.html

On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 04:50:54PM +1000, Gordon Keith wrote:
> I have some regions defined in MapInfo I am trying to read into grass.
> 
> v.in.mif gives segmentation faults (5.0pre4) so I am trying to use 
> v.in.ascii.
> 
> It is telling me:
> ERROR: Can't read ascii file header
> 
> 
> The file has the following header: 
> ORGANIZAITON:
> DIGIT DATE:
> DIGIT NAME:
> MAP NAME:     from Mapinfo MIF file
> MAP DATE:
> MAP SCALE:    0
> OTHER INFO:
> ZONE:         0
> WEST EDGE:    130
> EAST EDGE:    151
> SOUTH EDGE:   -38
> NORTH EDGE:   -30
> MAP THRESH:   0   
> VERTI:
> 
> Many of the fields I have left blank, as I am not sure what is required.
> 
> Does anyone know which fields are required and what values they should 
> have?
> 
> I'm working in lat/lon coordinates, and the boundaries I have given 
> encompass all the data.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Gordon
> -- 
> 
> Gordon Keith
> Programmer/Data Analyst
> Marine Acoustics
> CSIRO Marine Research
> http://www.marine.csiro.au
> 
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