[GRASS-user] Vector file import formats

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2016, Dave Roberts wrote:

>   I would look at the excellent MDB-tools package 
> (http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net). mdb-export will pull a specific layer out 
> of the mdb file.  Unless it's a point coverage it's not going to contain 
> spatial data though, and even for point coverages it's rare to the the point 
> coordinates in the table.

Dave,

   Yes, I have/had this; don't know if it's still on the hard drive ... yes,
it is. There's a SlackBuilds.org package for this and it's still installed.

>  For the spatial data you'll have to find a shape file or coverage.

   There is another sub-directory with shapefiles.

   This is all for an idea that I might pursue if there's time for it.

Many thanks,

Rich