[GRASS-user] Arc Binary coverages- arggg!

[Mark Seibel]

Much to my delight, v.in.ogr reads the binary arc coverages.  I copied
over the directory (which is the coverage name) and the info directory
to a place on the Linux machine which has GRASS installed.  (not sure
if the 'info' directory is needed, but it did preserve attributes).

For the OGR datasource name, I pointed it to the "arc.adf" file, and
it imported the coverage as a GRASS vector with points, lines and
polygon features.  Attributes also preserved.

Please let me know if you have any issues with this.  First time I
tried this, and great to know it can read the binary coverages.

Mark

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Mark Seibel <mseibel at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's what I figured.  Then I am fairly sure this is what you're
> after, http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/v.in.ogr.html.
>  Arc Vector coverages are stored in 2 directories.  One for geometry
> (the directory is the name of the coverage) and the database is
> contained in an 'info' directory.  The examples below are not clear to
> me how it addresses this, but it does state it will do it.  I could
> try some testing tomorrow if not figured out by then.
>
> # Arc Coverage
> We import the Arcs and Label points, the module takes care to build areas:
>
> v.in.ogr dsn=gemeinden layer=LAB,ARC type=centroid,boundary output=mymap
>
>
> # E00 file (see also v.in.e00)
> First we have to convert the E00 file to an Arc Coverage with
> 'avcimport' (AVCE00 tools, use e00conv first in case that avcimport
> fails):
>
> avcimport e00file coverage
> v.in.ogr dsn=coverage layer=LAB,ARC type=centroid,boundary output=mymap
>
> All the best.
> Mark
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:47 PM, stephen sefick <ssefick at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Vector Coverages.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Mark Seibel <mseibel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Are these vector coverages or raster datasets?
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Jul 12, 2010, at 6:08 PM, stephen sefick <ssefick at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a couple of files that are in this format...
>>>>
>>>> aat.adf  arx.adf     dbltic.adf  metadata.xml  prj.adf  txx.adf
>>>> arc.adf  dblbnd.adf  log         par.adf       txt.adf
>>>>
>>>> they are arc binary data correct.  Is there anyway I can use these
>>>> with GRASS or QGIS?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Stephen Sefick
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Stephen Sefick
>> ____________________________________
>> | Auburn University                                   |
>> | Department of Biological Sciences           |
>> | 331 Funchess Hall                                  |
>> | Auburn, Alabama                                   |
>> | 36849                                                    |
>> |___________________________________|
>> | sas0025 at auburn.edu                             |
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>>
>> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are
>> so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and
>> make us feel like gods.  We are mammals, and have not exhausted the
>> annoying little problems of being mammals.
>>
>>                                 -K. Mullis
>>
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