[GRASSLIST:4118] Re: ArcInfo Ungenerate for GRASS?

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 07:19:50PM +0200, Otto Dassau wrote:
> Dear GRASSlist, 
> 
> I would like to import ArcInfo vector coverages into GRASS/PostgreSQL 
> using v.in.arc.pg. Does anybody has experiences exporting 
> data properly for GRASS. The ungenerate command only exports topology
> without
> attribute table.
> 
> I finally used v.in.shape.pg successfully, but I read it is still 
> the old "unreliable" v.in.shape used in this modul. 
> I am courious how the procedure for the ungenerate format from ArcInfo 
> to GRASS would be.
> 
> Maybe someone can give some hints even if it is not a real GRASS
> problem.

Hi Otto,

the v.in.*.pg will be removed for the next version as outdated.
It may be better to use v.in.shape + pg.in.dbg or v.in.arc + pg.in.dbf.

BUT (more intended to GRASS 5.1):

[cite from GDAL mailing list]:
Subject: [gdal-dev] OGR2OGR -f "PostgreSQL"
> Congrats and thanks on the latest version of the ogr tools, Frank.
> I'm using ogr2ogr to convert my arcinfo coverages and shapefiles into
> postgis and it works great!
>  
> For those of you who have been using earlier versions, one excellent
> option is the "-append" flag which will add more inserts into the db
> if the layer already exists.  Great stuff, thank you for making it
> available.
>  
> Tyler

Cheers

 Markus