[GRASSLIST:144] Re: Question about re-projecting points imported from Postgres

[David Finlayson]

Have you already created your Lambert Conformal Conic location? If
not, remember that v.proj pulls data into the current location from
somewhere else, projecting the data in the process if necessary.



On 3/15/06, Thomas Adams <Thomas.Adams at noaa.gov> wrote:
> List:
>
> I have a Lat-Long location into which I have successfully imported
> points from Postgres (a further question about this further below). What
> I want to do is to re-project the points into a Lambert Conic Conformal
> location using v.proj. When I try to do this, it does not work — it
> seems as though GRASS does not know how to do this. I have been able to
> do this successfully with points imported using v.in.ascii. It seems I
> am missing something, either conceptually or procedurally…
>
> The further question about using v.in.db, the 'key' parameter in the
> documentation claims this is a string, which makes since to me, but when
> v.in.db is run, GRASS complains that an integer is needed. I'm guessing
> the integer that's supplied is the column/field number (beginning with
> '1'); if true, this seems to be inconsistent by what the 'x', 'y', and
> 'z' fields require — just a thought.
>
> Tom
>
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