[GRASS-user] Arc Binary coverages- arggg!

[stephen sefick]

I don't have an info directory.  I tried using v.in.ogr to no avail.
So, I downloaded the nation hydrography dataset and now I am trying to
find out projection information.
thanks,

STephen

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Mark Seibel <mseibel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>> | Auburn, Alabama                                   |
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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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Stephen Sefick
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| Auburn University                                   |
| Department of Biological Sciences           |
| 331 Funchess Hall                                  |
| Auburn, Alabama                                   |
| 36849                                                    |
|___________________________________|
| sas0025 at auburn.edu                             |
| http://www.auburn.edu/~sas0025             |
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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