You could try compiling GDAL with GRASS support and using ogr2ogr directly to convert from the external format to GRASS.
Ben ----- Original Message ----- > Thanks Achim and Ben for your quick answers! I never even thought > about that(a bit embarrassing really :-) ) > > I suppose that means I am back to the horribly slow import through > v.in.ogr. Practically impossible for me to import a 100 mb shapefile. > If anybody has suggestions for good performance, please go ahead and > tell me. > > Espen > > > > 2010/6/24 Achim Kisseler <[email protected]>: > > This is because SQLite is not SpatiaLite (SQLite with spatial > > extension). > > > > GRASS does not support SpatiaLite as far as I know. > > > > If you just want to use the Data from Spatiallite, you can export > > the tables > > as shape-files or csv and import these to GRASS. > > > > Hope it helps a bit, > > Achim > > > > Espen Isaksen schrieb: > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> I have tried to read the documentation and the mailing list for how > >> to > >> connect to a SQLite database. So far I have done this: > >> > >> 1. db.connect driver=sqlite database='/home/espen/db.sqlite' > >> 2. Created a new vector map called test > >> 3. v.db.connect map=test table=GSHHS_f_L2 -o key=PK_UID > >> > >> However I get this warning: > >> > >> WARNING: SQLite driver: unable to parse decltype: POLYGON > >> WARNING: SQLite driver: unable to parse decltype: POLYGON > >> WARNING: SQLite driver: column 'Geometry', SQLite type 2 is not > >> supported > >> WARNING: SQLite driver: unable to parse decltype: POLYGON > >> WARNING: SQLite driver: unable to parse decltype: POLYGON > >> WARNING: SQLite driver: column 'Geometry', SQLite type 2 is not > >> supported The table <GSHHS_f_L2> is now part of vector map <test> > >> and may be deleted > >> or overwritten by GRASS modules > >> > >> And running v.info map=test show that the layer does not have any > >> objects > >> > >> > >> +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > >> | Layer: test > >> | > >> | Mapset: PERMANENT > >> | > >> | Location: newLocation > >> | > >> | Database: /home/espen/Dokumenter/grassdata > >> | > >> | Title: > >> | > >> | Map scale: 1:1 > >> | > >> | Map format: native > >> | > >> | Name of creator: espen > >> | > >> | Organization: > >> | > >> | Source date: Wed Jun 23 08:55:30 2010 > >> | > >> > >> |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| > >> | Type of Map: vector (level: 2) > >> | > >> | > >> | > >> | Number of points: 0 Number of areas: 0 > >> | > >> | Number of lines: 0 Number of islands: 0 > >> | > >> | Number of boundaries: 0 Number of faces: 0 > >> | > >> | Number of centroids: 0 Number of kernels: 0 > >> | > >> | > >> | > >> | Map is 3D: No > >> | > >> | Number of dblinks: 1 > >> | > >> | > >> | > >> | Projection: Lat/Lon > >> | > >> | N: 0 S: 0 > >> | > >> | E: 0 W: 0 > >> | > >> | > >> | > >> | Digitization threshold: 0 > >> | > >> | Comments: > >> | > >> | > >> | > >> > >> +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > >> > >> Could anybody explain to me what the warning means, and why I > >> cannot access the features? The only thing i can guess is that I > >> can only use > >> version 1 of SQLite? However, I am not familiar with the different > >> versions of SQLite. > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> Espen Isaksen > >> _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing > >> list [email protected] > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing > list [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
