lat-lon vector data with v.in.ascii/v.support

Dear grasshoppers:
  I have a question regarding using v.in.ascii and then v.support for lat-lon
vector data. I found that v.support refused to attach category to an area (A) or
polygon, although the point (in lat-lon) is inside the region, however:
....
PNT_TO_AREA failed: (30.022011, -95.697998) (Category 502)
....
these message streamed out.
  Is there a fix for this or am I using the tools wrong ? My input data is
GRASS vector format <header> A <n-points> <points> A<n-points> <points> etc..
and an attribute file is created for each polygon (also a label file).
The import works fine, ie. i can display with d.vect but attaching attribute
is impossible.

Any help is appreciated. Thanx
cheers
duc@comsearch.com

Duc Nygen (duc@comsearch.com) writes on 28 Jan 93:

PNT_TO_AREA failed: (30.022011, -95.697998) (Category 502)

you may want to run v.digit (with the grass monitor) and ask
it to show which areas are not closed. (it's under Toolbox;
"o - Display Open area lines"). If you find an open area,
remember the general location, convert your cats/atts file
to a site list, and run 'd.erase; d.vect file1; d.sites file2'
If a site lies in this open area, then the PNT_TO_AREA failure
should be expected.

Now, how should you fix this? You might try running v.support
with some snap. A run with v.spag might not hurt.

Is there a fix for this or am I using the tools wrong ? My input data is
GRASS vector format <header> A <n-points> <points> A<n-points> <points> etc..
and an attribute file is created for each polygon (also a label file).

                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

huh? you only need one attribute file and one cat file per binary
vector file. Do you only have one polygon per vector file?

The import works fine, ie. i can display with d.vect but attaching attribute
is impossible.

Any help is appreciated. Thanx
cheers
duc@comsearch.com