[GRASSLIST:224] Re: Importing Tiger Data with v.in.ogr

[Ed Davison]

On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 14:49 -0500, J. Brian Adams wrote:
> I would like to create vector maps from Tiger Data.  Some of these  
> are lines (Roads, Streams, ...) and some are areas (Census Block, Zip  
> Codes, ...)  I have tried to use v.in. ogr but I seem to be missing  
> something in the process.  What I get is a map of all of the vector  
> lines, but I am not seeing how to differentiate specific attributes.   
> Is there a tutorial or explanation on using v.in.ogr with Tiger?

You have to extract the pieces/vectors that you want before you load it
with v.in.ogr.  The best source of information that I have found is a
very old www.udel.edu source, complete with examples.

Here is the link:

http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/frec682/682proj3.html

Hope it helps.

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Ed Davison
Sr. Systems Analyst
McCombs School of Business
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