[GRASSLIST:1203] Re: converting e00 binary files to GRASS

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Ivan,

On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 04:22:17PM -0800, Ivan Kautter wrote:
> List Members,
> 
> Let me first thank everyone who responded to my question about sdts and 
> GRASS. I am now up and running with that.  It turned out to be a file 
> extension problem.
> 
> Now I am looking for a way to convert some DLGs that are in binary e00 
> format.  I understand  that m.in.e00 handles ascii files only.
It depends on the version of GRASS you are using. GRASS 4.x offers the
tool e00b2a to convert, in GRASS 5 m.in.e00 automatically extract
binary files and imports:

http://www.geog.uni-hannover.de/grass/gdp/html_grass5/html/m.in.e00.html
"The input file may be a compressed e00 file : m.in.e00 will automatically
recognize the format."

>  Additionally, i have also had some troubles with v.in.shape 
> which came up with some sort of segmentation error.  Any suggestions?  
> Thanks again for any responses that you post.
Get the GRASS 5 beta9 coming the next days. David D. Gray has fixed the 
module.

Hopt this helps

 Markus Neteler