Hello,
Has anyone converted GRASS files to shape files that would import into
ArcView 3.0? Or can someone point me to the description of the shape file
format?
I'd like to export data to ArcView and/or farm mapping software such as Agris.
Thanks in advance!
Bruce
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Bruce Atherton, Graduate Research Assoc. atherton.10@osu.edu
Dept of Food, Ag and Biol Engineering NRCS Ohio: stateoff!bruce.atherton
590 Woody Hayes Drive Fax: 614-292-9448
Columbus, OH 43210-1057 Phone: 614-292-1406
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On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Bruce Atherton wrote:
Hello,
Has anyone converted GRASS files to shape files that would import into
ArcView 3.0? Or can someone point me to the description of the shape file
format?
I'd like to export data to ArcView and/or farm mapping software such as Agris.
Thanks in advance!
Bruce
--------------
Bruce Atherton, Graduate Research Assoc. atherton.10@osu.edu
Dept of Food, Ag and Biol Engineering NRCS Ohio: stateoff!bruce.atherton
590 Woody Hayes Drive Fax: 614-292-9448
Columbus, OH 43210-1057 Phone: 614-292-1406
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Bruce,
There is a white paper at http://www.esri.com describing the
shape file formats in detail, and I have used this paper to write
the beginnings of a library to handle shape files. In fact, I have
gotten as far as completing two programs:
moss2shape and shape2moss
These aren't very interesting in themselves, but they demonstrate the
functionality of the shape library. Eventually, I want to write dig2shape
and shape2dig, and I want to write programs to reproject shape files.
Unfortunately, I'm tied up with other projects at the moment, but I hope
to get back to this. Call me during the day at (503) 952-6570 for more
details.
Dave Mandel
dmandel@transport.com
(503) 952-6570
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Bruce Atherton wrote:
Hello,
Has anyone converted GRASS files to shape files that would import into
ArcView 3.0? Or can someone point me to the description of the shape file
format?
I'd like to export data to ArcView and/or farm mapping software such as Agris.
Thanks in advance!
Bruce
--------------
Bruce Atherton, Graduate Research Assoc. atherton.10@osu.edu
Dept of Food, Ag and Biol Engineering NRCS Ohio: stateoff!bruce.atherton
590 Woody Hayes Drive Fax: 614-292-9448
Columbus, OH 43210-1057 Phone: 614-292-1406
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There's instructions for converting raster and vector data in the file:
http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/pdf/grass_arcview.pdf
It's in Adobe Acrobat format, so you'll need the Acrobat Reader from
http://www.adobe.com
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GIS Specialist
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
6013 Lakeside Blvd. VOICE (317) 290-3200 ext. 349
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David Mandel wrote:
There is a white paper at http://www.esri.com describing the
shape file formats in detail, and I have used this paper to write
the beginnings of a library to handle shape files. In fact, I have
gotten as far as completing two programs:
moss2shape and shape2moss
These aren't very interesting in themselves, but they demonstrate the
functionality of the shape library. Eventually, I want to write dig2shape
and shape2dig, and I want to write programs to reproject shape files.
Onya Dave! Keep up the good work. I wonder if there
are any other SHAPE libraries around that you could leverage off?
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CSIRO Exploration & Mining, PO Box 437, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia
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"Simon" == Simon Cox <simon@ned.dem.csiro.au> writes:
Simon> David Mandel wrote:
>>
>> There is a white paper at http://www.esri.com describing the
>> shape file formats in detail, and I have used this paper to write
>> the beginnings of a library to handle shape files. In fact, I have
>> gotten as far as completing two programs:
>> moss2shape and shape2moss
>> These aren't very interesting in themselves, but they demonstrate the
>> functionality of the shape library. Eventually, I want to write dig2shape
>> and shape2dig, and I want to write programs to reproject shape files.
Simon> Onya Dave! Keep up the good work. I wonder if there
Simon> are any other SHAPE libraries around that you could leverage off?
Simon> --
Simon> __________________________________________________
Simon> Dr Simon Cox - Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Research Centre
Simon> CSIRO Exploration & Mining, PO Box 437, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia
Simon> T: +61 8 9389 8421 F: +61 8 9389 1906 simon@ned.dem.csiro.au
Simon> http://www.ned.dem.csiro.au/CoxSimon/
Evidently this library does exist, and is free. A really nice example
of its use can be found at the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness
homepage <http://www.gis.umn.edu:80/bwcaw/mapping/mapping.html>\. In
their FAQ they point to a shape file library at
<ftp://ftp.pci.on.ca/pub/pd/>\. I have not used it, but from the looks
of the BWCAW GIS MapServer, it ought to be pretty complete.
Bill
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