[GRASS-user] importing vmap1 data

[Harri Kiiskinen]

ma, 2007-02-19 kello 15:02 +0100, Moritz Lennert kirjoitti:
> 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

Especially helpful is to notice, that the path name to your vmap0
directories should not contain UPPERCASE letters not any special
characters, \$_ and the like.

Harri K.