[GRASSLIST:229] Re: Importing Tiger Data with v.in.ogr

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 02:49:31PM -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?
 
Brian,

the manual page of v.in.ogr explains TIGER import (it's a bit
special) - doesn't work?

http://grass.itc.it/grass60/manuals/html60_user/v.in.ogr.html

http://grass.itc.it/grass61/manuals/html61_user/v.in.ogr.html

Markus