[GRASS-user] Re: v.in.ascii howto

[Sebastian P. Luque]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:06:14 -0500,
"Patton, Eric" <epatton at nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:

>> The page also warns "Note the blank before entering vertex
>> coordinates".  Is this strictly necessary?  Thanks.

> What version of Grass are you using? I can't this message in the html
> help in either 6.4 or 7.0svn.

This is in the Debian sid release 6.2.3-2.1.


> Regardless, I've updated the examples to show the full command-line
> import call. I can import vectors in standard format with or without
> spaces on each coordinate line; I'll put a note in the docs saying it
> isn't necessary to pad with spaces.

> (Aside: does anyone know why spaces were placed on each coordinate
> line in v.in.ascii example 1a? Cosmetics?)

Thanks!! These issues certainly confused me so I wasn't sure what the
standard format really is.


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Seb