Problem importing ESRI Shape files

[Frank Warmerdam]

e9325495 at stud3.tuwien.ac.at wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have some comercial shape files that I can't import with v.in.arc. ( I use Grass 5.0b)
> g.region responses with an error message "north must be north of south.." or something like that.
> Could it be there ist something wrong with the projection? How can I change the projection?
> The files work perfectly with ArcView 3.0.
> Anybody got a solution for this problem?
> 
> Thanx, Werner Masik

Werner,

As I understand it v.in.arc reads arc/info generate files.  If you want to 
read shapefiles you might try building my v.in.shape program.  

  http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/grass

Good luck,

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