[GRASS-user] Explain v.in.ogr error

[Moritz Lennert]

On 11/09/19 17:53, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Trying to import an ESRI FileGDB with 10m DEM for Oregon. I don't understand
> what I've done incorrectly and would appreciate learning from the grass
> command error message.
> 
> Input file is OR_DEM_10M.gdb
> 
> $ ogrinfo -al -so
> Geometry: Multi Polygon
> Feature Count: 1
> Extent: (-106508955.000000, -85400955.000000) - (109133655.000000, 130241655.000000)
> Layer SRS WKT:
> PROJCS["NAD_1983_Oregon_Statewide_Lambert_Feet_Intl",
>       GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",
>           DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",
>               SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],
>           PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],
>           UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],
>       PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],
>       PARAMETER["False_Easting",1312335.958005249],
>       PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],
>       PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-120.5],
>       PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",43.0],
>       PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",45.5],
>       PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",41.75],
>       UNIT["Foot",0.3048]]
> FID Column = OID
> Geometry Column = FOOTPRINT
> RASTER: Binary (0.0)
> FOOTPRINT_Length: Real (0.0)
> FOOTPRINT_Area: Real (0.0)
> 
> Run error:
> v.in.ogr input=/data/grassdata/OR_DEM_10M.gdb output=dem10m
> Check if OGR layer <DEM_10meter_Oregon> contains polygons...
> Creating attribute table for layer <DEM_10meter_Oregon>...
> WARNING: Column type (Ogr_ftype: 8) not supported (Ogr_fieldname: RASTER)

Could it be that your FileGDB contains raster data ?

AFAIK, this not support by GDAL at the moment, and if it was, you would 
have to use r.in.gdal, not v.in.ogr.

Moritz