[GRASS-user] Opening a shape file in GRASS 6.4.3

[Sonali Saha]

I am new GRASS use, and learning GRASS to use  conservation literacy using
 rare plant databases. To start with I converted a Kml file of the state of
Meghalaya India to a shapefile using DNRGarmin. However when I try to open
the shapefile in GRASS I keep getting errors and the map of the opened file
does not look anything like the original map. What did I do wrong. I am
attaching the shapefile and dbf file, I used.

thanks in advance

Sonali
This is the message I get in the command output console
Projection of input dataset and current location appear to match
Layer: Meghalay
Counting polygons for 1 features...
Importing map 1 features...
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Building topology for vector map <Megh_tmp>...
Registering primitives...
1 primitives registered
258 vertices registered
Number of nodes: 2
Number of primitives: 1
Number of points: 0
Number of lines: 0
Number of boundaries: 1
Number of centroids: 0
Number of areas: -
Number of isles: -
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WARNING: Cleaning polygons, result is not guaranteed!
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Snap boundaries (threshold = 1.000e-007):
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Break polygons:
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Remove duplicates:
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Break boundaries:
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Remove duplicates:
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Clean boundaries at nodes:
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Merge boundaries:
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Change dangles to lines:
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Remove bridges:
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Building topology for vector map <Megh_tmp>...
Building areas...
2 areas built
1 isles built
Attaching islands...
Number of nodes: 9
Number of primitives: 12
Number of points: 0
Number of lines: 0
Number of boundaries: 12
Number of centroids: 0
Number of areas: 2
Number of isles: 1
Number of areas without centroid: 2
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Find centroids for layer: Meghalay
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Write centroids:
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1 input polygons
Total area: 3.56766E+011 (2 areas)
Overlapping area: 0 (0 areas)
Area without category: 3.56766E+011 (2 areas)
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Building topology for vector map <Megh>...
Registering primitives...
3 primitives registered
17 vertices registered
Building areas...
2 areas built
1 isles built
Attaching islands...
Attaching centroids...
Number of nodes: 2
Number of primitives: 3
Number of points: 0
Number of lines: 0
Number of boundaries: 3
Number of centroids: 0
Number of areas: 2
Number of isles: 1
Number of areas without centroid: 2
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WARNING: Errors were encountered during the import
Try to import again, snapping with at least 1e-007: 'snap=1e-007'
(Tue Aug 13 15:32:05 2013) Command finished (1 sec)

-- 
Sonali Saha, PhD.
Senior Biologist
The Institute for Regional Conservation
22601 SW 152nd Avenue
Miami FL 33170
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