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

[Hamish]

> Brandon wrote:
> > 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.

Michael:
> This is news to me. But I just tried it and (contrary to the documentation)
> it works fine. Both approaches seem to give the same result. But your way is
> easier to do and to explain than the method explained in the help.

It works both ways. v.in.ogr help page now updated to show both methods.


Hamish



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