[GRASSLIST:6204] RE: V.in.ogr and coor file bytes excess

[geir.systad at nina.no]

The bug is reported by Maciek Sieczka before, look at
http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass5/2005-January/017090.html.
I guess it is not taken care of after that. 

Geir

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Systad, Geir 
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 12:40 PM
> To: grasslist at baylor.edu; wingrass at grass.itc.it
> Subject: RE: [GRASSLIST:6193] V.in.ogr and coor file bytes excess
> 
> 
> When importing shapefiles with areas in the graphical 
> interface, it hangs (even when the location is projected, and 
> when both the shapefile and the location is projected, it 
> doesn't matter), and the new vector file is incomplete. When 
> submitting the same commands as developed in the graphical 
> interface, it works fine. 
> 
> v.in.ogr dsn=/cygdrive/c/xxx/periode1a.shp output=p1a 
> min_area=0.0001 snap=-1
> 
> Then I have a problem with the graphical interface of 
> v.in.ogr, both for grass6.0.0Cygwin and grass6.1.cvsCygwin. 
> Has any other seen this?
> 
> Geir
> 
> System information
> OS Name	Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
> Version	5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 Build 2195
> OS Manufacturer	Microsoft Corporation
> System Name	xxx
> System Manufacturer	Dell Computer Corporation
> System Model	Precision M40                   
> System Type	X86-based PC
> Processor	x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~1196 Mhz
> BIOS Version	Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A04
> Windows Directory	C:\WINNT
> System Directory	C:\WINNT\system32
> 
> CYGWIN System Information
> Platform                Unix
> Operating System        CYGWIN_NT-5.0
> OS Version              1.5.13(0.122/4/2)
> Processor Type (arch)   i686
> Full OS ID              CYGWIN_NT-5.0-1.5.13(0.122/4/2)-i686
> Tcl Version/Patchlevel  8.4.7
> Name of Executable      /usr/local/bin/wish
> Name of current Script  /usr/local/grass6.1.cvs/etc/dm/tksys.tcl
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-GRASSLIST at baylor.edu 
> [mailto:owner-GRASSLIST at baylor.edu] On Behalf Of Systad, Geir
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:14 PM
> To: grasslist at baylor.edu; wingrass at grass.itc.it
> Subject: [GRASSLIST:6193] V.in.ogr and coor file bytes excess
> 
> 
> Sorry for the last header, it was not an answere to the 
> GRASSLIST:6191 message -
> 
> I use the graphical interface of Grass6.0.0 Cygwin stable 
> (feb something). 
> I have tried to import shapefiles into grass, and get messages like
> this:
> 
> v.in.ogr dsn=/cygdrive/c/xxx/periode1a.shp output=p1a 
> min_area=0.0001 snap=-1 
> PROJ_INFO file not found for location N50kart
> PROJ_UNITS file not found for location N50kart
> Projection of input dataset and current location appear to 
> match. Proceeding with import...
> Layer: periode1a
> Building topology ...
> Registering lines: 
> 238 primitives registered      
> Building areas: 
> 
> 238 areas built      
> 238 isles built
> Attaching islands: 
> Attaching centroids: 
> 
> 
> When I try to present it on maps, only the boundaries of the 
> areas show up -
> 
> GRASS 6.0.0 (N50kart):~ > WARNING: coor files of vector 
> 'p1a at PERMANENT' is larger than it should be
>          (33479 bytes excess).
> WARNING: Cannot display areas, topology not available
> WARNING: Cannot display topology, not available
> 
> 
> When I use v.external, the map writes out afterwards without 
> problems. The number of primitives is different. 
> 
> v.external dsn=/cygdrive/c/xxx/periode1a.shp output=p1d 
> layer=periode1a 
> Building topology ...eature:     100   200 238
> Topology was built.
> Number of nodes     :   476
> Number of primitives:   476
> Number of points    :   0
> Number of lines     :   0
> Number of boundaries:   238
> Number of centroids :   238
> Number of areas     :   238
> Number of isles     :   238
> 
> 
> What is the problem with the coor file made by v.in.ogr? Can 
> anyone help? 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> Geir
> 
>