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[Susan Stitt]

>I have a problem when I am running v.support for
>a vector file that I have imported using v.in.ascii.
>There are two adjacent polygons in the file which share about
>four points.  The coordinates in the attribute file definitely
>fall within each polygon.  When I run v.support, I get the
>error message
>
>PNT_TO_AREA FAILED ...
>
>for both polygons and attributes.  However, if I create two
>separate ASCII vector files each with one polygon and one
>attribute, I can successfully run v.in.ascii and v.support.
>Has anyone had a similar experience or know why this is
>happening?  The points that the polygons share are identically
>the same in each polygon list.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Brian
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Brian Connelly
>College of Forest Resources                  phone:  (206) 543-5506
>University of Washington  AR-10                FAX:  (206) 685-3091
>Seattle, Washington  98195                  e-mail:  bac at hardy.u.washington.edu
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>
Brian,

It sounds as though you have two complete polygons in your vector file,
GRASS wants its vector data in an arc-node format.  There needs to be a
node where ever three lines (arcs) come together, that is anywhere two
polygons' outlines abut, there should be one and only one copy of the
edge defining the seperation of the two polygons.  That means you need to
take your file into v.digit, break the polygon outlines at the point of 
intersection(s), remove the duplicate line between the two polygons, 
resnap any lines to nodes if necessary, and then run v.support.  

GRASS is somewhat forgiving of complete polygon definitions
except where the polygons both start at the same point.  Then it doesn't
know how to build the individual outlines.  You might try the new release of
v.spag in 4.1, it should be able to deal with your data set automatically
rather than spend enormous time trying to edit by hand, assuming that you
have more data than just these two polygons...  


Susan Stitt

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