[GRASS-user] Arc Binary coverages- arggg!

[Daniel Victoria]

Probably the did not send you the entire thing since Arc coverages
have data in the info folder. Maybe if they export the coverage as an
e00 file or as a shapefile it would be better.

Daniel


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM, stephen sefick <ssefick at gmail.com> wrote:
> They were sent to me by some folk I am working with.  I don't know how
> they generated the coverages.
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Mark Seibel <mseibel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>>>>> ____________________________________
>>>>>> | 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stephen Sefick
>>> ____________________________________
>>> | 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
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> 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
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