[mapserver-users] ogr2ogr hangs converting e00 files

[Arthur A. Person]

Hi...

I'm trying to convert .e00 international boundary files into shapefile 
format using ogr2ogr, but when I run the conversion, ogr2ogr just hangs 
and hogs the processor.  Here's the details:

OS:  RH Linux 4.7 (2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp)
gdal:  1.5.1 basic

command: ogr2ogr -f "ESRI Shapefile" bound.shp bound.e00

output:
   ERROR 6: Can't create fields of type IntegerList on shapefile layers.

   ERROR 6: Can't create fields of type IntegerList on shapefile layers.

   (then hangs hogging the processor...)

Even though ogr2ogr hangs, it still produces a bunch of files including a 
bound.shp file.  However, when I try to display that file using mapserver, 
it just produces a blank screen.

output from ogrinfo for bound.e00:
   Had to open data source read-only.
   INFO: Open of `bound.e00'
         using driver `AVCBin' successful.
   1: ARC (Line String)
   2: CNT (Point)
   3: LAB (Point)
   4: PAL (Polygon)

The bound.e00 file I'm using for testing is the North American Atlas 
political boundaries file from nationalatlas.gov.

On a related note, does anyone know whether an open source file of 
international political/land boundaries exists that would save me the work 
of trying to combine a bunch of individual files together?  I've searched 
high and low and can't seem to find anything...

                      Thanks...

                        Art

Arthur A. Person
Research Assistant, System Administrator
Penn State Department of Meteorology
email:  person at meteo.psu.edu, phone:  814-863-1563