[GRASSLIST:4224] Re: Importing Vectors

[Kevin Slover]

Gordon,
    could I possibly get a small sample of the file??  Not too much, just
the MIF header info and a couple of the vertices.  I have right now a grass
ascii vector -> mapinfo mif converter (very crude, done in PERL, but it gets
the job done).  I would be curious to see if I can reverse it to import
mif...

thanks...

the other option to get into grass would be to import the mif into mapinfo
and export as dxf, or shape file...

Gordon Keith wrote:

> I have some regions defined in MapInfo I am trying to read into grass.
>
> v.in.mif gives segmentation faults (5.0pre4) so I am trying to use
> v.in.ascii.
>
> It is telling me:
> ERROR: Can't read ascii file header
>
> The file has the following header:
> ORGANIZAITON:
> DIGIT DATE:
> DIGIT NAME:
> MAP NAME:     from Mapinfo MIF file
> MAP DATE:
> MAP SCALE:    0
> OTHER INFO:
> ZONE:         0
> WEST EDGE:    130
> EAST EDGE:    151
> SOUTH EDGE:   -38
> NORTH EDGE:   -30
> MAP THRESH:   0
> VERTI:
>
> Many of the fields I have left blank, as I am not sure what is required.
>
> Does anyone know which fields are required and what values they should
> have?
>
> I'm working in lat/lon coordinates, and the boundaries I have given
> encompass all the data.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Gordon
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>
> Gordon Keith
> Programmer/Data Analyst
> Marine Acoustics
> CSIRO Marine Research
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>
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