[GRASS5] importing .e00 files

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Kirk,

please edit the first line of the v.in.e00 script
(run 'which v.in.e00' to find it, if that works on Mac)
and add
 -x
to the first line. Then run again and it will print every step.
Please post the relevant part of the output.

Markus


On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 09:24:53AM -0600, Kirk R. Wythers wrote:
> Hey Shaun,
> 
> I'm still having some trouble with those .e00 files. I built avce00  
> and e00compr, and installed:
> 
> e00conv
> avcdelete
> avcexport
> avcimport
> avctest
> 
> in /usr/local/bin
> 
> I am no longer getting the error e00conv not found, but I still get  
> the error "can't open data source:"
> 
> GRASS 6.1.cvs (arrowhead_utm):~ > v.in.e00 -v file=~/Desktop/ 
> glo10k.e00 type=area vect=glo10k
> An error may appear next which will be ignored...
> E00 Compressed ASCII found. Will uncompress first...
> ...converted to Arc Coverage in current directory
> Importing areas...
> ERROR: Cannot open data source: glo10k
> An error occurred. Stop.
> GRASS 6.1.cvs (arrowhead_utm):~ >
> 
> Am I still missing something?
> 
> 
> On Nov 2, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Shaun Walbridge wrote:
> 
> >Hi Kirk,
> >
> >You can just build avce00. It should be pretty straightforward to  
> >set up. Then either install the binaries to somewhere on your  
> >$PATH, or edit v.in.e00 to point to the locations. The GRASS dev  
> >folks should probably include it as a configure option, but I guess  
> >they see it as being external to the core GRASS stuff.
> >
> >- Shaun
> >
> >Kirk R. Wythers wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Thanks Shaun. Does grass need to be re-compiled, or can I just  
> >>build  avce00?
> >>
> >>On Nov 2, 2005, at 12:05 PM, Shaun Walbridge wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Kirk,
> >>>
> >>>The v.in.e00 script is dependent on your system having avce00   
> >>>already installed.  You can download this library at: http://  
> >>>avce00.maptools.org/.
> >>>
> >>>-Shaun
> >>>
> >>>Kirk R. Wythers wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be wrong with the    
> >>>>following command:
> >>>>
> >>>>GRASS 6.1.cvs (arrowhead_utm):~ > v.in.e00 -v file=/Volumes/ 
> >>>>disk2/  data2/reich_lab/data/fia/glo10k.e00 type=area vect=glo10k
> >>>>An error may appear next which will be ignored...
> >>>>E00 Compressed ASCII found. Will uncompress first...
> >>>>/usr/local/grass-6.1.cvs/scripts/v.in.e00: line 175: e00conv:   
> >>>>command  not found
> >>>>...converted to Arc Coverage in current directory
> >>>>Importing areas...
> >>>>ERROR: Cannot open data source: glo10k
> >>>>An error occurred. Stop.
> >>>>GRASS 6.1.cvs (arrowhead_utm):~ >
> >>>>
> >>>>This files appears to open fine with ArcView, so I don't think   
> >>>>the  file is bad. However, I am confused by the "can't open  
> >>>>data  source"  message.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>Kirk
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
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