[GRASS-user] importing vmap1 data

[Markus Neteler]

Yves Jacolin wrote on 02/19/2007 02:34 PM:
> 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.
>   
An (untested) alternative might be to get the FWtools which ship with 
OGDI driver
and convert to SHAPE or whatever there. Then v.in.ogr to import.
http://fwtools.maptools.org/

Markus