[GRASSLIST:4635] Re: v.out.ogr attributes

[William K]

Something I noticed when using the r.contour command: the elevations 
are added not only as attributes, but as the z of the vectors.  Back 
when the elevs were not put in an attrib, but just the cat (and z), I 
noticed that the vector z value is not exported to the shapefile 
attribute table, but it does show up in d.what.vect (it's with the 
length info).  Maybe v.in.ogr is putting the elevation into the vector 
z and not an actual attribute?  (as an attribute, it should show up in 
a 'field' in d.what.vect)

just a thought.  don't have any DLGs handy to test.


On Oct 25, 2004, at 4:26 AM, Radim Blazek wrote:

> On Friday 22 October 2004 20:22, Ann Marie Gorman wrote:
>> Ok. It appears that I can subscribe now! Sorry about that....
>>
>> Hi List.
>> I'm looking for help with v.out.ogr.
>> The goal is to import SDTS DLGs into GRASS and export them as
>> ESRI_shapefiles WITH the Elevation attribute information. Ultimately I
>> would like to create a scriptt o do many files (all 50 that I have).
>>
>> I still cannot export the Elevation attributes for my DLG...I have
>>
>>>>>    done these steps:
>>>>>        * v.in.ogr ouput=hp07 dsn=hp01catd.ddf type=line    'when i 
>>>>> do
>>>>> d.what.vect I can see the cat and elevation data for each line *
>>>>> v.db.connect -p hp07   'shows that tables are connected via 
>>>>> key=cat *
>>>>> v.out.ogr hp07 dsn=tmp layer=hp07s format=ESRI_Shapefile field=1
>>>>> type=line * My attribute tables comes out empty...
>
> All steps are correct, I have no idea. Try to export other map
> and try GML output.
>
> Radim
>
>> This is the first time I am trying to use the new database 
>> functionality,
>> so please bear with me! My goal is to export at least the cat field 
>> so that
>> I can join the table manually  in ArcView.
>>
>> Thank you so much for any advice!
>>
>> Ann Marie
>> amg24 at case.edu
>
>
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