[GRASSLIST:2442] Re: Import vector map problems

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 03:31:42PM +0200, Daniel Tourde wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for your answer.
> 
> 
> > > For the moment, when I want to display the map I have imported, I only
> > > get a black window with some contours in white. I am expecting however
> > > to see forests, roads, lakes, cities...
> > > How can I achieve this result?
> > 
> > The v.in.shape offers a "-l" flag to look at the table entries of the
> > .dbf file. With "attribute", "label" parameters you can select
> > the column of interest. No extra ARCView work is required.
> 
> Well, I am sorry but I am a newby. I am using the tcltk GUI and I am not
> really familiar with the options offered by the different packages.
> 
> So, when I look in v.in.shape and find the parameters you are
> mentionning, what do I do?

Have another look at
http://grass.itc.it/gdp/html_grass5/html/v.in.shape.html

I have added an example.
 
> How can I import all the info? What will I get when I will export it as
> an AutoCAD file?
No idea - I recommend to use v.in.shape unless it fails (sometimes the shape
structures can be very odd and won't be recovered by v.in.shape's spatial
toolbox).

Regards

 Markus Neteler