[GRASS-user] using ArcView data

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Hello from Mexico City,

I'm new using GRASS, migrating from a limited expertise on arcView.

I have a human population database from Spain, built for ArcView. Does anybody have any reference that could help me to run it on GRASS. So far I been able to install GRASS on my MacBook and I'm making my first steps.

Any suggestions?

Regards

Manolo
  

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On 03/07/08 20:24, Manuel Gerardo Chávez Angeles wrote:

Hello from Mexico City,

I'm new using GRASS, migrating from a limited expertise on arcView.

I have a human population database from Spain, built for ArcView. Does anybody have any reference that could help me to run it on GRASS. So far I been able to install GRASS on my MacBook and I'm making my first steps.

Any suggestions?

Just import the shapefiles (*.shp) into GRASS with v.in.ogr.

You won't be able to import the ArcView project (*.apr), so you'll have to redefine your display parameters and possibly some of the links between tables.

Moritz

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Buenos días Manuel,

Well, first just define your GRASS location to match the extent of
your shapefile. Second, if you use the graphical interface (in GRASS
6.3) just go to: "File -> Import Vector Map -> Multiple formats using
OGR".

Specify your shapefile at "OGR datasource..." and set a name for your
layer (to be used in GRASS). A good choice is also set "Override
dataset projection" (to use location's projection).

In the terminal the command line may be similar to this:

v.in.ogr -o dsn=/home/poseidon/Work/vector_data/CNTRY94.SHP
output=my_map min_area=0.0001 snap=-1

Cheers,
Christian
Poseidon Linux team
http://sites.google.com/site/poseidonlinux/

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Manuel Gerardo Chávez Angeles
<mchavez@fundacionidea.org.mx> wrote:

Hello from Mexico City,

I'm new using GRASS, migrating from a limited expertise on arcView.

I have a human population database from Spain, built for ArcView. Does
anybody have any reference that could help me to run it on GRASS. So far I
been able to install GRASS on my MacBook and I'm making my first steps.

Any suggestions?

Regards

Manolo_______________________________________________
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