[GRASS-user] v.in.e00 vs. v.in.ogr

[Moskovitz, Bob]

I've noticed that using avcimport (which converts .e00 files to binary coverages) greatly speeds up import of .e00 files when you use ogr2ogr.  So v.in.ogr probably uses avcimport for this reason.

Bob Moskovitz
Research Analyst I
Seismic Hazard Evaluation Project
California Geological Survey
http://gmw.consrv.ca.gov/shmp

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: grass-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:grass-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]On Behalf Of Rich Shepard
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:51 PM
> To: grass-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [GRASS-user] v.in.e00 vs. v.in.ogr
> 
> 
>    Looking for the v.in.ogr man page I was reminded that 
> there is a v.in.e00.
> Should I use the latter rather than the former?
> 
>    Tried running v.in.e00. After entering the .e00 file name 
> and specifying
> 'area' for the type I and saw this fatal error message:
> 
> ERROR: 'avcimport' program not found. Install it first.
> 
>    The source file is an ASCII .e00, not compressed and not needing
> comversion from ARC/Info binary to exchange format.
> 
>    What have I missed here?
> 
> Rich
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