[GRASS-user] import e00? sorry for repeat topic, but...

[Brandon M. Gabler]

Thanks Michael,

I've imported lots of shapefiles by simply selecting the *.shp file  
as the data source; does your method produce a different result (such  
as transferring metadata, etc. to the GRASS directories)? I had  
always understood that for the *.shp vectors, GRASS just needed the  
*.shp file.

I'll try the *.hdr import with r.in.gdal as well; that would save a  
step and eliminate the need for Arc on my system!

Brandon

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Ancient People, 1938


On Nov 20, 2007, at 8:34 AM, Michael Barton wrote:

> Hi Brandon,
>
> A couple of additional pointers besides exporting as ASCII grids from
> ArcGIS.
>
> Using r.in.gdal, GRASS can directly read ArcInfo grid files. When  
> opening
> them, select the *.HDR file as your data source. No need to export.
>
> Similarly, v.in.ogr can directly read ArcGIS shape files. Select the
> *directory* in which the shape files live as the data source (no  
> "/" on the
> end); select the shape file (omit the ".shp" extension) as the data  
> layer.
> Again, no need to export.
>
> With both, depending on how they were made, you might have to  
> override the
> projection info (or rather it's lack) in the ESRI file. But as long  
> as you
> know that your ESRI file and GRASS location share the same projection,
> that's OK.
>
> Michael
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