[GRASSLIST:5222] Re: v.in.ogr advice needed

[Kirk R. Wythers]

On Dec 22, 2004, at 5:27 PM, Brent Wood wrote:

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>
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Kirk R. Wythers wrote:
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>> I have some shape files that I want to import into 57 and need some
>> v.in.ogr usage advice. The structure of the directory with the shape
>> files is thus:
>
>> So I tried importing into a new location thus:
>>
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> I got the same error message when importing some lat/long shapefiles
> despite the shapefiles lying within the GRASS region & the GRASS 
> location
> being lat/long.
>
> I used the -o flag (via the gui) and it worked fine. I overlaid the 
> GRASS
> version of the data with the original shapefile in QGIS & they overlaid
> fine, so I'm assuming the error message about projection mismatches is 
> not
> always correct (at least in this case).
>
> I'm not sure why QGIS can plot a GRASS vector map in half the time 
> GRASS
> takes, but they both have their uses :-)
>
>
> If you believe you have set up your GRASS location with the correct
> projection details, it could be worth seeing if -o works for you as 
> well.

I tried the -o flag before posting. It yielded the same error. While I 
didn't to the digitizing myself, the vectors were created from rasters 
in the same location that I am trying to import into, therefore the 
location and projection should be fine.

Kirk



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>    Brent Wood
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Kirk R. Wythers	
Dept. of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
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