On Fri, 07 May 1999 12:03:29 -0400, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
e9325495@stud3.tuwien.ac.at wrote:
Hi!
I have some comercial shape files that I can't import with v.in.arc. ( I use Grass 5.0b)
g.region responses with an error message "north must be north of south.." or something like that.
Could it be there ist something wrong with the projection? How can I change the projection?
The files work perfectly with ArcView 3.0.
Anybody got a solution for this problem?Thanx, Werner Masik
Werner,
As I understand it v.in.arc reads arc/info generate files. If you want to
read shapefiles you might try building my v.in.shape program.
Sorry, I was confused. When I wrote v.in.arc I meant v.in.shape. 
I'm running GRASS 5.0beta so it is already part of the distribution.
I'm a newbie on GIS-Systems so I have some problems with all the different coordinate systems. I can't find out why one shape-file can be imported without
any problems and the other fails. The shape files cannot be damaged because they are comercial and work perfectly on ArcView 3.0. So I thought that the
files that don't work are in some kind of different projection. But how can ArcView know the difference? Anyway - the files that can be imported seem to be a
little distorted on the screen. Maybe this is a projection problem too.
The last thing I'd like to know: how can I put the import shape-vector files into a new mapset? Because the parameter [mapset=name] doesn't seem to be
enough. I read somewhere that when I create a new mapset then a new projection is created. Maybe this would be the solution.
If anybody is interested in analyzing the files I can send you some sample data.
Thanx, Werner
http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/grass
Good luck,
Thank you - I will need it!
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