[GRASSLIST:7590] Re: v.in.ascii

[Markus Neteler]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 08:28:06AM -0400, David Kindem wrote:
> Ian and list,
> 
> I don't believe I ever did get a response to the original note.  I've  
> also tried importing in decimal degree format, again without any luck.


Import in decimal degree format works, probably you didn't define
the field separator (fs=) properly?

Markus

 
> Dave
> 
> On Jul 15, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Ian MacMillan wrote:
> 
> >Dave (or anyone else),
> >I was wondering if you ever found out how to import lat-long data  
> >into grass?  I would like to do the same thing.
> >
> >-Ian
> >
> >>
> >>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm attempting to us v.in.ascii to import sites.  Things work fine
> >when I use Eastings/Northings.  However, I would like to import
> >points in latitude/longiture.  When I attempt to import positions
> >such as:
> >
> >85:46:05.14203W | 43:00:07.320715N
> >
> >I receive the error message:
> >
> >ERROR: x column is not of number type
> >
> >Is there a way to have the program recognize lat./long as legitimate
> >entries?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Dave Kindem
> >Grand Haven, MI
> 

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