Hi,
I am trying to export a contour layer to PostGIS / Shapefile / GML but to no avail. The files I am trying to export are in GRASS Vector format, thus I am using v.out.ogr. I am using the dataset found with the Grass Book Edition 3 (North Carolina). My layer is elev_contour_3m. I tried also to load the 10m contour layer in the same dataset but got the same results, so I do not think it is a problem of the vector files, but more of an exporting problem.
Any help how I can make this layer into a useable layer outside GRASS is extremely appreciated!
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I am supplying some info which might help you give me some tips how I can do it.
GRASS 6.3.0RC1 (thesis):~/thesis_gis/thesis/yancho/vector/elev_contour_3m > v.out.ascii elev_contour_3m format=standard | head -n 20
ORGANIZATION: NC OneMap
DIGIT DATE:
DIGIT NAME: helena
MAP NAME:
MAP DATE: Fri Mar 9 12:12:48 2007
MAP SCALE: 1
OTHER INFO:
ZONE: 0
MAP THRESH: 0.000000
VERTI:
L 309 1
644845.39132067 228495 58
644850.5257363 228485 58
644855 228476.80568172 58
GRASS 6.3.0RC1 (thesis):~/thesis_gis/thesis/yancho/vector/elev_contour_3m > v.db.select elev_contour_3m
DBMI-DBF driver error:
Table ‘elev_contour_3m’ doesn’t exist.
Error in db_open_select_cursor()
GRASS 6.3.0RC1 (thesis):~/thesis_gis/thesis/yancho/vector/elev_contour_3m > v.info elev_contour_3m
±---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Layer: elev_contour_3m |
| Mapset: yancho |
| Location: thesis |
| Database: /home/yancho/thesis_gis |
| Title: |
| Map scale: 1:1 |
| Map format: native |
| Name of creator: helena |
| Organization: NC OneMap |
| Source date: Fri Mar 9 12:12:48 2007
| Number of lines: 3355 Number of islands: 0 |
And these are the output formats I tried :
GRASS 6.3.0RC1 (thesis):~/thesis_gis/thesis/yancho/vector/elev_contour_3m > v.out.ogr input=elev_contour_3m format=ESRI_Shapefile dsn=/home/yancho/elevation.shp
WARNING: Vector map <elev_contour_3m> is 3D. Use format specific layer
creation options (parameter ‘lco’) to export in 3D rather than 2D
(default)
DBMI-DBF driver error:
Table ‘elev_contour_3m’ doesn’t exist
ERROR: Unable to describe table <elev_contour_3m>
GRASS 6.3.0RC1 (thesis):~/thesis_gis/thesis/yancho/vector/elev_contour_3m > v.out.ogr in=elev_contour_3m type=face dsn=“PG:host=localhost dbname=thesis user=usernamehere password=passhere” format=PostgreSQL lco=“SHPT=ARCZ”
WARNING: Vector map <elev_contour_3m> is 3D. Use format specific layer
creation options (parameter ‘lco’) to export in 3D rather than 2D
(default)
DBMI-DBF driver error:
Table ‘elev_contour_3m’ doesn’t exist
ERROR: Unable to describe table <elev_contour_3m>
I tried also lco=”DIM=3” but got same results.
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