[GRASSLIST:5221] Re: v.in.ogr advice needed

[Brent Wood]

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Kirk R. Wythers wrote:

> I have some shape files that I want to import into 57 and need some
> v.in.ogr usage advice. The structure of the directory with the shape
> files is thus:

> So I tried importing into a new location thus:
>

I got the same error message when importing some lat/long shapefiles
despite the shapefiles lying within the GRASS region & the GRASS location
being lat/long.

I used the -o flag (via the gui) and it worked fine. I overlaid the GRASS
version of the data with the original shapefile in QGIS & they overlaid
fine, so I'm assuming the error message about projection mismatches is not
always correct (at least in this case).

I'm not sure why QGIS can plot a GRASS vector map in half the time GRASS
takes, but they both have their uses :-)


If you believe you have set up your GRASS location with the correct
projection details, it could be worth seeing if -o works for you as well.


   Brent Wood