[GRASS-user] Import Point from *.csv Problem

[Sören Gebbert]

Hi Johannes,
i guess your csv file uses funny characters for spaces and new lines
and grass can not handle them.
I have attached a screenshot showing the file opened in vim using ubuntu linux.

Best regards
Soeren

2012/1/24 Johannes Radinger <JRadinger at gmx.at>:
> Hello,
>
> I try to import Points from a comma separated file in GRASS 6.4.2SVN on
> my Mac OS X but somehow I fail...
>
> The original file is a 3-column Excelsheet (ID,X,Y). I saved that sheet as a *csv in my Excel 2011 on Mac OS X and then I try to import it. I follow the steps in this video (exept that I am working on Mac):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgQBPoJeeLY
>
> (Tue Jan 24 11:05:42 2012)
> v.in.ascii input=/Users/.../InputForGRASS.csv output=Stations fs=; skip=1 x=2 y=3
> Scanning input for column types...
> Maximum input row length: 31
> Maximum number of columns: 2
> Minimum number of columns: 2
> ERROR: y column number > minimum last column number
> (incorrect field separator?)
> (Tue Jan 24 11:05:42 2012) Command finished (0 sec)
>
>
> So I opened the file with textwrangler to check it. I changed the line endings from the original mac endings(CR) to Unix style (LF) and saved the file again, but I get the same error. I don't know what I am doing wrong.
> Even if I copy and paste the coordinates from the text file into the dialog I get the error. I also tried it with G6.5SVN (some weeks old)
>
> I attached the original *.csv file so maybe someone of you can tell me what is wrong with my import.
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
> /johannes
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