[GRASS-user] Operation of v. split

[Hamish]

> billt wrote:
> >I have a large contours file, originally a shape file which I imported
> >into GRASS. It takes ages (e.g. days) to do any processing on it in its
> >entirety because of its size (approx 700MB).
> 
pavel wrote:
> and what about v.generalize?

before going down that road you might investigate v.split and the "Florida
Coastline problem".

also (totally anecdotally and unverified) this may be a lot faster on
Linux/Mac than on Windows.


regards,
Hamish