[GRASSLIST:8407] Re: v.in.ogr error: G_realloc

[Radim Blazek]

It can be that it consumes a lot of memory. Probably you have
to add swap.

Radim

On 9/23/05, Craig Aumann <caumann at ualberta.ca> wrote:
> I was reading a large shape file:
>
> -rw-rw-r--    1 caumann  caumann  111771178 Apr 17 10:44 neforest.dbf
> -rw-rw-r--    1 caumann  caumann   2355756 Apr  7  2003 neforest.sbn
> -rw-rw-r--    1 caumann  caumann    119812 Apr  7  2003 neforest.sbx
> -rw-rw-r--    1 caumann  caumann  746124196 Dec 10  2002 neforest.shp
> -rw-rw-r--    1 caumann  caumann   1973924 Dec 10  2002 neforest.shx
>
> and got the error:
>
> ERROR: G_realloc: out of memory
>
> Can v.in.ogr not handle this size of file?
>
> Call and output are below
>
> Cheers!
> Craig
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> v.in.ogr -o dsn="$SHPDIR" \
>         output="$SHPFILE" layer="$SHPFILE" snap=1
> Over-riding projection check.
> Proceeding with import...
> Layer: neforest
> WARNING: 'user' in database definition is not supported, use db.login
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Building topology ...
> 259136 primitives registered
> Building areas:  100%
> 204742 areas built
> 194638 isles built
> Attaching islands:  100%
> Attaching centroids:  100%
> Topology was built.
> Number of nodes     :   226019
> Number of primitives:   259136
> Number of points    :   0
> Number of lines     :   0
> Number of boundaries:   259136
> Number of centroids :   0
> Number of areas     :   204742
> Number of isles     :   194638
> Number of incorrect boundaries   :   63856
> Number of areas without centroid :   204742
> -----------------------------------------------------
> WARNING: Cleaning polygons, result is not guaranteed!
> Building topology ...
> Topology was built.
> Number of nodes     :   226019
> Number of primitives:   259136
> Number of points    :   0
> Number of lines     :   0
> Number of boundaries:   259136
> Number of centroids :   0
> Number of areas     :   -
> Number of isles     :   -
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Snap boundaries (threshold = 1.000e+00):
> Registering points ... 20377235ERROR: G_realloc: out of memory
>
>