Probably the did not send you the entire thing since Arc coverages have data in the info folder. Maybe if they export the coverage as an e00 file or as a shapefile it would be better.
Daniel On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM, stephen sefick <[email protected]> wrote: > They were sent to me by some folk I am working with. I don't know how > they generated the coverages. > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Mark Seibel <[email protected]> wrote: >> How did you obtain the coverage? They are typically distributed as >> e00 files, which when imported create a directory for the geometry and >> an info directory for the attributes. >> >> Mark >> >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:20 AM, stephen sefick <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I don't have an info directory. I tried using v.in.ogr to no avail. >>> So, I downloaded the nation hydrography dataset and now I am trying to >>> find out projection information. >>> thanks, >>> >>> STephen >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Mark Seibel <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Much to my delight, v.in.ogr reads the binary arc coverages. I copied >>>> over the directory (which is the coverage name) and the info directory >>>> to a place on the Linux machine which has GRASS installed. (not sure >>>> if the 'info' directory is needed, but it did preserve attributes). >>>> >>>> For the OGR datasource name, I pointed it to the "arc.adf" file, and >>>> it imported the coverage as a GRASS vector with points, lines and >>>> polygon features. Attributes also preserved. >>>> >>>> Please let me know if you have any issues with this. First time I >>>> tried this, and great to know it can read the binary coverages. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Mark Seibel <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> That's what I figured. Then I am fairly sure this is what you're >>>>> after, http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/v.in.ogr.html. >>>>> Arc Vector coverages are stored in 2 directories. One for geometry >>>>> (the directory is the name of the coverage) and the database is >>>>> contained in an 'info' directory. The examples below are not clear to >>>>> me how it addresses this, but it does state it will do it. I could >>>>> try some testing tomorrow if not figured out by then. >>>>> >>>>> # Arc Coverage >>>>> We import the Arcs and Label points, the module takes care to build areas: >>>>> >>>>> v.in.ogr dsn=gemeinden layer=LAB,ARC type=centroid,boundary output=mymap >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> # E00 file (see also v.in.e00) >>>>> First we have to convert the E00 file to an Arc Coverage with >>>>> 'avcimport' (AVCE00 tools, use e00conv first in case that avcimport >>>>> fails): >>>>> >>>>> avcimport e00file coverage >>>>> v.in.ogr dsn=coverage layer=LAB,ARC type=centroid,boundary output=mymap >>>>> >>>>> All the best. >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:47 PM, stephen sefick <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Vector Coverages. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Mark Seibel <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> Are these vector coverages or raster datasets? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mark >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 12, 2010, at 6:08 PM, stephen sefick <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have a couple of files that are in this format... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> aat.adf arx.adf dbltic.adf metadata.xml prj.adf txx.adf >>>>>>>> arc.adf dblbnd.adf log par.adf txt.adf >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> they are arc binary data correct. Is there anyway I can use these >>>>>>>> with GRASS or QGIS? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Stephen Sefick >>>>>>>> ____________________________________ >>>>>>>> | Auburn University | >>>>>>>> | Department of Biological Sciences | >>>>>>>> | 331 Funchess Hall | >>>>>>>> | Auburn, Alabama | >>>>>>>> | 36849 | >>>>>>>> |___________________________________| >>>>>>>> | [email protected] | >>>>>>>> | http://www.auburn.edu/~sas0025 | >>>>>>>> |___________________________________| >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are >>>>>>>> so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and >>>>>>>> make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the >>>>>>>> annoying little problems of being mammals. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -K. Mullis >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> grass-user mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Stephen Sefick >>>>>> ____________________________________ >>>>>> | Auburn University | >>>>>> | Department of Biological Sciences | >>>>>> | 331 Funchess Hall | >>>>>> | Auburn, Alabama | >>>>>> | 36849 | >>>>>> |___________________________________| >>>>>> | [email protected] | >>>>>> | http://www.auburn.edu/~sas0025 | >>>>>> |___________________________________| >>>>>> >>>>>> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are >>>>>> so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and >>>>>> make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the >>>>>> annoying little problems of being mammals. >>>>>> >>>>>> -K. Mullis >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Sefick >>> ____________________________________ >>> | Auburn University | >>> | Department of Biological Sciences | >>> | 331 Funchess Hall | >>> | Auburn, Alabama | >>> | 36849 | >>> |___________________________________| >>> | [email protected] | >>> | http://www.auburn.edu/~sas0025 | >>> |___________________________________| >>> >>> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are >>> so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and >>> make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the >>> annoying little problems of being mammals. >>> >>> -K. Mullis >>> >> > > > > -- > Stephen Sefick > ____________________________________ > | Auburn University | > | Department of Biological Sciences | > | 331 Funchess Hall | > | Auburn, Alabama | > | 36849 | > |___________________________________| > | [email protected] | > | http://www.auburn.edu/~sas0025 | > |___________________________________| > > Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are > so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and > make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the > annoying little problems of being mammals. > > -K. Mullis > _______________________________________________ > 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
