[GRASS-user] Convert OGR vector layer to GRASS vector map

Markus Metz markus.metz.giswork at googlemail.com
Wed Jul 15 04:41:22 EDT 2009


benton101 wrote:
> The shapefile that I used is a shapefile of polygons, does this pass for an
> area with a centroid?
>   
Yes, shapefile polygons are equivalent to grass areas with centroid
> This is the command I used ... v.in.ogr --overwrite --verbose dsn=V:\lcu.shp
> output=lcu 
>
>   
> I am hoping that I have imported boundaries, can you tell from my v.in.ogr
> command?
>   
Not really, but everything should be fine. The last output message of
v.in.ogr would help more: number of points, lines, boundaries, areas,
isles, areas without centroid, incorrect boundaries if any.

Markus



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