<HTML><BODY DEFANGED_STYLE="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I see what my problem was. When I tried to import in decimal degree, I formatted the entry as 86.0000W. When I use the +/- notation, everything is fine.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks to all for the information.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Dave</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jul 18, 2005, at 9:36 AM, Ian MacMillan wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dave, I was able to import the data as decimal degree format.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I just converted all my data in excel, then imported from there.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>What errors did you get?</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-ian</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 12.0px Helvetica">On Jul 16, 2005, at 5:28 AM, David Kindem wrote:</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Ian and list,</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I don't believe I ever did get a response to the original note. I've also tried importing in decimal degree format, again without any luck.</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dave</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 12.0px Helvetica">On Jul 15, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Ian MacMillan wrote:</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">Dave (or anyone else),</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">I was wondering if you ever found out how to import lat-long data into grass? I would like to do the same thing.</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 14.0px Helvetica">-Ian</FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 14.0px Helvetica">></FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">></FONT></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 15.0px Courier">Hello,</FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Courier">I'm attempting to us v.in.ascii to import sites. Things work fine<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 15.0px Courier">when I use Eastings/Northings. However, I would like to import<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 15.0px Courier">points in latitude/longiture. When I attempt to import positions<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 15.0px Courier">such as:</FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Courier">85:46:05.14203W | 43:00:07.320715N</FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Courier">I receive the error message:</FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Courier">ERROR: x column is not of number type</FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Courier">Is there a way to have the program recognize lat./long as legitimate<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" DEFANGED_STYLE="font: 15.0px Courier">entries?</FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Courier">Thanks,</FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Courier" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Courier">Dave Kindem</FONT></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV DEFANGED_STYLE="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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