[GRASSLIST:5921] Re: problems with dxf files

[Radim Blazek]

On Thursday 27 March 2003 04:11 pm, you wrote:
> Hey!
> I'm trying to move some files from MapInfo to GRASS. Since v.in.mif don't
> works correctly I export from MApInfo the layer containg polygons of
> certain landuses to dxf format. When I import them from GRASS, the polygons
> are transformed in polylines and the thematic information is lossed. Knows
> anybody what happens? Any idea about what should I do? Alternatively, it is
> possible to transform in GRASS closed lines in areas?
> Thanks in advance
> Juan Pablo
>

Don't use DXF, try to convert MapInfo files to Shapefile (ogr2ogr for example)
and then use v.in.shape.

Radim