NAME
s.in.dbf - Imports a dBase (.dbf) table of site locations and
their descriptions into a GRASS site list file.
(GRASS Sites Import Program)
SYNOPSIS
s.in.dbf
s.in.dbf help
s.in.dbf [-lz]
input=name
[sites=name]
[date=timestamp[,timestamp]]
DESCRIPTION
s.in.dbf converts a dBase (.dbf) table of site
locations and category labels into a file in GRASS site
list file format.
Input can be entered from the file
input=name. Each line of input should
contain the easting, northing, and (optionally) the
category label associated with a site. Output is
stored in the file sites=name and placed in
the site_lists directory under the user's current mapset.
Flags:
- -l
- List fields (including the field types and field widths) of DBF file, then exit.
- -z
- treat third column as third dimension (z)
Parameters:
- input=name
- Name of an existing ASCII file containing site locations and labels.
- sites=name
- Name of the new GRASS site list file to be output.
- date=timstamp[,timstamp]
- date/time stamp or date1,date2 range
s.in.dbf can be run either non-interactively or
interactively. The program will be run non-interactively
if the user specifies a name to be assigned to the
sites file output, the name of an existing ASCII
file containing input.
Alternately, the user can simply type s.in.dbf on
the command line, without program arguments. In this case,
the user will be prompted for parameter values using the
standard GRASS parser interface described in the manual
entry for parser.
GRASS 5.0 internal sites format in "sites_list/"
See s.in.ascii
TODO
A field selection/reordering parameter is not yet provided.
So the EAST/NORTH columns have to be the first and second column
in the table.
SEE ALSO
s.in.ascii
s.out.shape
s.out.ascii
parser
AUTHORS
Markus Neteler, University of Hannover
Alex Shevlakov (pg.in.dbf)
Frank Warmerdam (DBF Routines in pg.in.dbf)
David D. Gray (-l flag in v.in.shape)
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