ArcInfo to Grass conversion

[Steven Rose]

I'm a new user to GRASS and have done lots of reading, but little 
hands-on experimentation so far -- perhaps somebody on grassu-list 
can make my weekend more enjoyable/productive with some sage advice.

I need to import 126, 1:20,000 scale forest stand maps (each covers 
10km x 10km) into GRASS.  All I need in each cell is the unique stand 
number (I've renumbered in ARC/INFO so I have unique numbers from 1 
to 56,312).

I've been reading about v.in.arc, but ungenerating all those maps and 
rebuilding the topology and then rasterizing on the GRASS side seems 
a bit much (perhaps those that have done it could assure me that it 
is not too bad, or warn me of watch-out-for's).

The other alternative is to use arc/info's POLYGRID command and 
output and ASCII file and then use r.in.ascii.  Unfortunately, the 
file formats aren't quite the same, but I could write code if 
required to do the transfer (I'm hoping that somebody has already 
done that -- or there is an easier way).

Thanks for any help you could provide. 

(P.S. the computer lab is airconditioned, so I'll have a fun weekend 
anyway)
Professor Steven Rose, R.P.F.       Phone: (705) 324-9144
Sir Sandford Fleming College        FAX:   (705) 878-9312
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