> Hamish wrote: > > The 'v.in.ascii -n format=standard' equivalent is: > > > > L 2 > > x1 y1 > > x2 y2 > > L 2 > > x3 y3 > > x4 y4
Richard: > Thanks Hamish - it's working now so please ignore my last message. My > error was that in selecting out of the database, I had let the cat > column appear after the L, so that we had L 2 for the record header > of the first line, L 3 for the next, and so on - which upset Grass > on the import. the syntax for adding cat numbers is: L n number_of_layers x1 y2 ... xn yn layer_1 cat# for example (from the help page) A 3D line made up of 5 points, single layer with line category # 321. L 5 1 591336 4927369 1224 594317 4925341 1292 599356 4925162 1469 602396 4926653 1235 607524 4925431 1216 1 321 Hamish ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user