[GRASS5] exporting 3d vectors from grass5.1

[Radim Blazek]

On Saturday 05 July 2003 21:11, Jaro Hofierka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently I was successful in importing 3d shapefiles to grass5.1 using
> the quick fix for r.in.ogr sent by Radim. Now I have a similar problem -
> I'd like to export grass 3d vector files to 3d shapes. I tried
> v.out.ogr. It looks like everything's OK but ArcView does not recognize
> the file as a 3d shape. Maybe r.out.ogr also needs a similar fix.

Yes.

> Also, I had a problem converting 3d vector to raster using v.to.rast.
> This module expects a "column" with an attribute, however, I just need
> to use a z coordinate from 3d vector.

Needs other fix, ideally v.to.rast should optionally use column, category
or z coordinate.

> I could not find a module which
> can convert 3d vector to a 2d with elevation changed to attribute.

No such module, it should go to v.to.db.

Radim