[GRASSLIST:5970] Re: speeding up v.in.ogr

[Lorenzo Moretti]

Hi Chris

>I have been trying to import a detailed shapefile of the florida coast
>(about 24M) into grass6.0b2, using v.in.ogr. Unfortunately, having
>started 3 days ago, the import has not yet completed. It is making
>progress, as the number of intersections is incrementing, however this
>surely should not be taking quite this long. Are there ways of
>speeding up the process?
>
>I am on a 1GHz OS X Powerbook with 1GB RAM.
>
>Thanks,
>Chris

The problem is in that shape in OS X version. Some shape files are 
not good in grass in OS X.

Open it before with another sw: QGIS, Thuban or Jump and see about 
problems (in areas, lines, etc.)

In grass 6
Try:
- v.in.ogr with "Do not clean polygons" selected
then
- v.clean

It's not speed problem: I have imported a 60 MB shape file in few 
minutes in my PB 1GHz.

Bye


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