[GRASS-user] v.in.ascii error message

[gary]

Just an FYI, there is a method described in the Markus' "Grass 6 in a 
Nutshell" to use QGIS to generate a vector map (Section 6.8). The 
command sequence works fine, but GRASS complains about the file that 
QGIS generates. [Yes, I know, not GRASS' problem.] I didn't log the 
error message, but basically it complained about the file being too 
large by I believe 14 bytes.

I'll hack with v.in.ascii a bit more.

Stuart Edwards wrote:
> Hi
> This command has provided hours or entertainment for me too.  Usually  I 
> can get it to work by meticulously following the format in example  1 on 
> the help page.  To this end you might try making the W and N  into 
> column headers, decimalize the lat/long and 'note the blank  before 
> entering vertex coordinates'.  Adding a columns= string helps  too.  
> (columns='x double, etc).  Good luck.
> 
> Stuart
> On Jul 14, 2006, at 4:07 PM, gary wrote:
> 
>> I changed the input format but got the same cryptic error message.
>>
>>
>> Markus Neteler wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 01:30:43AM -0700, gary wrote:
>>>
>>>> I find this error message from v.in.ascii a bit cryptic.
>>>>
>>>> grass command:
>>>> v.in.ascii input=/usr/localsrc/utm/PERMANENT/site.dat output=sites5
>>>> format=point fs=| skip=0 x=1 y=2 z=0 cat=0
>>>>
>>>> error message:
>>>> Maximum input row length: 24
>>>> Maximum number of columns: 2
>>>> Minimum number of columns: 0
>>>>
>>>> GRASS_INFO_ERROR(15897,1): x column number > minimum last column  
>>>> number
>>>> GRASS_INFO_ERROR(15897,1): (incorrect field separator?)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The file site. dat is one line as follows
>>>> W115 58 2.4|N36 27 20.9
>>>>
>>>> The default separator is "pipe", so I'm sure the delimiter is  fine. 
>>>> Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?
>>>
>>> I guess that formatting should be
>>> 115:58:2.4W|36:27:20.9N
>>> instead of
>>> W115 58 2.4|N36 27 20.9
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