US Counties as GRASS polygons?

[Malcolm Williamson]

I'd recommend using the TIGER/Line data from the Bureau of the Census. 
The applicable GRASS commands include v.in.tig.basic, v.in.tig.lndmk, and 
m.in.stf1.tape (which is used to extract just those records that you 
desire). I believe that there is a short tutorial for these commands on 
the GRASS ftp site.
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On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Donald Newcomb wrote:

> Hi all. I've just resubscribed to this list after a LONG absence. I'm
> not even sure if this list still has any activity. What I wanted to ask
> about is available data for the US in a format GRASS can read. In
> particular, is thre and easy to get at source of polygons for all the
> counties (parishes in La.) in the US? Thanks.
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