[GRASS-user] Arc Binary coverages- arggg!

[Mark Seibel]

How did you obtain the coverage?  They are typically distributed as
e00 files, which when imported create a directory for the geometry and
an info directory for the attributes.

Mark

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:20 AM, stephen sefick <ssefick at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>>> Stephen Sefick
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>>>> | Auburn University                                   |
>>>> | Department of Biological Sciences           |
>>>> | 331 Funchess Hall                                  |
>>>> | Auburn, Alabama                                   |
>>>> | 36849                                                    |
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>>>> | 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
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Stephen Sefick
> ____________________________________
> | Auburn University                                   |
> | Department of Biological Sciences           |
> | 331 Funchess Hall                                  |
> | Auburn, Alabama                                   |
> | 36849                                                    |
> |___________________________________|
> | sas0025 at auburn.edu                             |
> | http://www.auburn.edu/~sas0025             |
> |___________________________________|
>
> 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
>