[GRASSLIST:695] Re: GRASS 5.1 CVS question

[Frank Warmerdam]

mdeneen at japple.org wrote:
> I just installed GRASS 5.1 CVS.  I had a few issues with getting it to 
> compile, but it was only a minor makefile tweak to get it to work.
> 
> I had fun with the spearfish sample data, but I wanted to play with a 
> larger sample.  I found the TIGER data from the 2000 census, and would 
> like to import it into GRASS.
> 
> I found the manual for v.in.tiger.scs, but it looks like it is no longer 
> included in GRASS.  Can anyone tell me how I might go about importing 
> TIGER data?

Hi,

GDAL/OGR supports TIGER/Line format, including most versions to 1990 to 2002.
You should then be able to use v.in.ogr to import tiger data.

You might want to scan the OGR tiger document at:

   http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/opengis/ogrhtml/drv_tiger.html

Good luck,

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