[GRASSLIST:7593] Re: v.in.ascii

[Ian MacMillan]

Dave, I was able to import the data as decimal degree format.  I just 
converted all my data in excel, then imported from there.  What errors 
did you get?

-ian

On Jul 16, 2005, at 5:28 AM, 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.
>
> 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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