[GRASSLIST:4118] Re: ArcInfo Ungenerate for GRASS?
Markus Neteler
neteler at itc.it
Mon Jul 22 11:08:12 EDT 2002
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the v.in.*.pg will be removed for the next version as outdated.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
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