MI SDTS format - Dragon Slayers Wanted (fwd)

[Bruce_Byars at baylor.edu]

Rich, there's already a SDTS program in GRASS in /src.contrib/SDTS
directory.  Would that help?

Frank, feel free to give me a shout about SDTS sometime.  I've worked
a bit with it.

Bruce


Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Rich Shepard wrote:
> >
> >   Anyone with the time, knowledge and interest to work on a data translator?
> > This would be a tremendous benefit to the GRASS community as well as those
> > folks still stuck in MapInfo and the like.
> ...
> > Bill Thoen says:
> > If we must have this format rammed down our throats, I would like to see it
> > so easy to use that federal state, county and municipal governments would
> > prefer to use it when offering their data to the public than E00 (a
> > proprietary format) or MapInfo TAB (another proprietary format), or anything
> > that requires expensive, proprietary software. Now that Sol Katz is no
> > longer with us, who do we have out there who will step up and provide public
> > support for this public format?  If you think you might be interested, take
> > a look at this data format beastie at http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/sdts/.
>
> Rich,
>
> First, isn't there already some SDTS support code for GRASS somewhere?  I
> believe that CERL wrote a grass to SDTS translator, and one of the SDTS
> prototype datasets on the USGS site is generated from GRASS.
>
> Second, I am quite familiar with SDTS, and would be willing to assist in
> writing a GRASS module to import it.  I have an SDTS reading library already
> implemented, and a prototype SDTS to Shape program available.  See my
> SDTS project page for more information.
>
>   http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/sdts/index.html
>
> Third, from having done the v.in.shape module for GRASS, I learned that I don't
> quite get the GRASS data model for vectors.  In particular, what the
> appropriate way is to associate multiple attribute fields with vectors.  If
> there is someone who needs SDTS data, and is willing to work with me on it,
> that would help alot.
>
> Best regards,
>
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