On Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 03:01 AM, grass5-request@grass.itc.it wrote:
Looking at 5.3's s.in.garmin, I don't see anything to stop it working
with 5.7, now that 5.7 has s.in.ascii. It should just work! Just copy
the script and try. Please report success or failure so it can be added
to 5.7 if it works or fixed to do so.
I haven't had a chance to try this, though I use Garmins in the field and will give it a try. I don't know whether or not this is relevant, but everyone should note that s.in.ascii in GRASS 5.7 is quite different from s.in.ascii in GRASS 5.3.
In GRASS 5.7, s.in.ascii does not create a GRASS sites list, but a set of vector points. v.point.in.ascii might be a more accurate name. More importantly, AFAICT it does not read any attributes beyond the x,y (and z?) dimensions plus a cat variable. This latter is very important for using it as a Garmin file import utility. It will import the x,y locations, but none of the other information in the Garmin file.
Michael Barton
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