arcview-dbase files ---> grass4.2

Hi,

I have recently started a project that has a lot of arcinfo coverages (.e00
type) that I have succesfully imported into Grass4.2 with m.in.e00. A very
easy task. But, besides this, I have some Arcview's views and a lot of
dbase tables with the attributes to use with the coverages. Has anybody
some experience translating this kind of files to Grass?

Any help is wellcomed

Antonio
Antonio Rodríguez Verdugo

Paraje Natural Marismas del Odiel
Centro de Calatilla
Huelva, Spain
rod.chav@hsoft.es

On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Antonio [iso-8859-1] Rodríguez Verdugo wrote:

Hi,

I have recently started a project that has a lot of arcinfo coverages (.e00
type) that I have succesfully imported into Grass4.2 with m.in.e00. A very
easy task. But, besides this, I have some Arcview's views and a lot of
dbase tables with the attributes to use with the coverages. Has anybody
some experience translating this kind of files to Grass?

Hi Antonio,

the v.in.shape in GRASS 5 reads the attributes from Dbase tables
related to a shape file. The 4.x version doesn't.
What you can do:
- get the GRASS 5 source code, take out v.in.shape and
   compile within 4.2.1
- get the GRASS 5 linux/Solaris binaries, take out
    bin/v.in.shape
    etc/bin/contrib/cmd/v.in.shape
   and copy it to 4.x
- if still required, write me personally and I will send you
   the v.in.shape package.

Best regards

Markus Neteler