[GRASS-user] file formats from Ordnance Survey Survey Maps

[Anna Petrášová]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Paul Shapley <p.shapley at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm attempting to get some maps and use them in GRASS, which gives me a
> choice of formats to download from.  Can anyone tell me if any one of these
> formats is better and will allow direct import into GRASS 7.0.2. without
> transformation.
>
>
> For one type of topography map I can get either GML2, DWG or File
> Geodatabase.
>
>
> For another type of Terrain type map I can get either Shape, GML3 or DWG.
>

look at what GDAL/OGR can read, I remember I was able to open File
Geodatabase with OGR. Shapefile works for sure. I don't have experience
with GML, theoretically it could work.

Anna

>
> I have googled and looked at the choices provided by
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> We use either shapefile (not ideal for using annotation) or import
> directly into a Postgres/PostGIS database first.
>
> --
> *Paul J. Shapley *MSc CGeog (GIS) FRGS
>
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