[GRASS-user] importing vmap1 data

[Moritz Lennert]

On 19/02/07 14:34, Yves Jacolin wrote:
> Le Lundi 19 Février 2007 14:10, Jaime Carrera a écrit :
>> Hi list,
>>
>> Does somebody know how to import vmap1 data in GRASS?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jaime
> Hi,
> 
> First of all, you need to install gdal with the OGDI format support (not build 
> by default), so you probably need to build your own gdal-ogr command.
> 
> Then you can run :
> ogr2ogr contourl.shp gltp:/vrf/mnt/data/v0eur/vmaplv0/eurnasia 
> “contourl at elev(*)_line”
> 
> to convert vmap to shapefile. Avoid to mix upper and lower case in your path !
> 
> Then you can import them into GRASS.

Also see Markus' article on VMAP0 in the GRASS newsletter Nr. 3:
http://grass.itc.it/newsletter/grassnews3.html

Moritz