[GRASS-windows] v.in.ogr, other questions also

[Milton Cezar Ribeiro]

Dear Monkey,
You have several questions on your email.
Regarding you adjust your bounding box, try something like

g.region vect=mymap

If your shapefile have an attribute with the elevation, probably when you
imported your map one collum is the elevation. Try

v.db.select map=mymap


Yes, you can build your elevation profile from vector map.
Give a look at

http://n2.nabble.com/Building-digital-terrain-model-from-shapefile-td1885927.html#none


Best wishes

miltinho astronauta
brazil
2009/1/5 Monkey Boy <slabshaft at gmail.com>

> More questions about inputting vector data, and viewing the maps.
>
> I just read in a .shp file and the Output window said stuff was imported
> and "topology was built"....
>
> When I added my newly created vector output map, I was told "The bounding
> box of the map is outside the current region, nothing drawn".  I went to the
> Map Display window and zoomed out a bunch, then refit the zoom to the
> selected map, which then made my map visible.
>
> Question:
> Is there a way to make the "bounding box" automatically zoom to the
> selected map?  Does this have something to do with the "Starting Location"
> specified on the GRASS startup screen?
>
> Other questions:
> Is the elevation data automatically contained within the .shp, .shx, and
> .dbf files, or do I have to assign elevations to individual contour lines?
> (this is probably a stupid question, I've still a lot to learn about this
> stuff...)
>
> Is it possible to create elevation profiles from vector maps or does the
> data have to be converted into raster maps?
>
> How do I define a new "Project Location (projection/coordinate system)" on
> the Startup screen?  (this question is probably too general, I'm just
> fishing for more info about how these are defined and how GRASS recognizes a
> valid location to start using)
>
> Any info is appreciated.  Thanks!
>
> Brian
>
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