[GRASSLIST:5124] Re: Labeling imported layers

I have access to Arc/Info with the source data. Is there a better way to export the data so that I don't have to relabel everything?

Doug Gorley | douggorley@shaw.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric G. Miller" <egm2@jps.net>
Date: Sunday, December 1, 2002 7:01 pm
Subject: [GRASSLIST:5123] Re: Labeling imported layers

On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 06:42:07PM -0800, douggorley@shaw.ca wrote:

> I'm using some data I imported from Arc/Info using Arc's
> "ungenerate"command. It doesn't appear to have any categories in
the> imported layer. All I need is to assign a single category to
all of
> the lines in my layer, so I can do some buffering. I'm trying to do
> this with v.digit, using the "B - Bulk Label Remaining Lines"
option,> but I'm not having any success. Is this the correct way
to do what I
> want, and if not, can someone give me some advice on what to do?

Yes, AFAIK "ungenerate" data just give you geometry.

See, v.llabel for a bulk line labelling.

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On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:09:48PM -0800, douggorley@shaw.ca wrote:

I have access to Arc/Info with the source data. Is there a better way
to export the data so that I don't have to relabel everything?

"export" as .e00 and use m.in.e00

--
"...the plural of anecdote is [not?] data." - attrib. to George Stigler