[GRASSLIST:1091] sites

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Hi all, got a question about sites. I have not had luck importing ascii files
with sites, so I have been making my own files and placing them directly into
the site_lists folder. This has worked ok, except that I am not sure how to
get any atrributes to be recognized. The format that I think I am supposed to
use is something like:

name| allsonora
desc| allsonora
labels| east north category ID age mineral
form| | | # @
590231| 3237428| #1 @"1"
677434| 3204584| #2 @"2"

but somehow I can't get grass to read this. I also would like to add more
categories, but only for some sites, not all. I figured I should do something
like this.

name| allsonora
desc| allsonora
labels| east north category ID age mineral
form| | | # @ @ @
590231| 3237428| #1 @"1" @"" @""
677434| 3204584| #2 @"2" @"" @""
496106| 3150481| #60 @"IMSL03" @"13±0.3" @"gmass"

again no luck. I can sometimes get the sites file read in, but I haven't been
able to see the attributes separately. I think that I have tried all
combinations of adding and deleting spaces, with no luck. Any ideas about what
I am doing wrong? I am using Grass 5.0 on OSX 10.2.6 and using rich-text
format (.rtf) files for my sites created in TextEdit.

Thanks,Ian

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Hi all, got a question about sites. I have not had luck importing
ascii files with sites,

Make sure your input file is saved with UNIX linefeeds (Textpad for
Windows or Bbedit for Mac will help), and there exists a third column of
data, not just "x y".

s.in.ascii, v.in.dxf, etc. need to be hardened.

so I have been making my own files and placing
them directly into the site_lists folder. This has worked ok, except
that I am not sure how to get any atrributes to be recognized. The
format that I think I am supposed to use is something like:

name| allsonora
desc| allsonora
labels| east north category ID age mineral
form| | | # @
590231| 3237428| #1 @"1"
677434| 3204584| #2 @"2"

but somehow I can't get grass to read this.

Get rid of the spaces, e.g.:

name|allsonora
desc|allsonora
labels|east north category ID
form|||#@
590231|3237428|#1 @"1"
677434|3204584|#2 @"2"

the labels line has too many entries as well.

I also would like to add more categories, but only for some sites,
not all. I figured I should do something like this.

name| allsonora
desc| allsonora
labels| east north category ID age mineral
form| | | # @ @ @
590231| 3237428| #1 @"1" @"" @""
677434| 3204584| #2 @"2" @"" @""
496106| 3150481| #60 @"IMSL03" @"13±0.3" @"gmass"

That should work fine once the spaces are removed from the after
the ||'s.

I am using Grass 5.0 on OSX 10.2.6 and using rich-text format (.rtf)
files for my sites created in TextEdit.

Input files need to be straight ASCII text files; .rtf has special
formatting code which confuses it. If TextEdit doesn't have a Save As..
option for UNIX format, use Bbedit or a command line editor.

Hamish