[GRASS-dev] Importing large data into GRASS

[Markus Metz]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Rashad M <mohammedrashadkm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I cant import very large data in GRASS7 && G6. it reads the features but
> hangs with 98% Breaking Boundaries when building topology
>
> I am using latest grass from svn maybe 3 days old
>
> If somebody needs to test for this problem you can get data here[1]
>
> [1] http://www.gadm.org/data2/gadm_v2_shp.zip

This is indeed a very large dataset. You can try to import only the
part overlapping with your area of interest: first set the region
accordingly, then use v.in.ogr -r

Markus M