[GRASS-user] v.in.gns problem in epsg4326 location

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:33 PM,  <peter.loewe at gmx.de> wrote:
> hello list,
>
> trying to import a GNS file in an empty location (wgs84/EPSG:4326) resulted in the following error:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Unparsable latitude value: LAT
> Cannot open existing vector <thailand at GNS> on level [2]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The problem is reproducable and occurs both on a linux built (Debian, locally compiled) and a precompiled native XP version.
>
> Are there known workarounds ?

Yes - update GRASS :)
We have fixed that recently (6.4.svn and 7.svn), it was a buffer overflow in
v.in.ascii in case of long column fields (long citiy names etc).

Markus