DESCRIPTION
v.import imports selected layers from a OGR vector datasource
into the current location and mapset. If the projection of the input
does not match the projection of the location, the input is reprojected
into the current location. If the projection of the input does match
the projection of the location, the input is imported directly with
v.in.ogr.
NOTES
Topology cleaning
When importing polygons, non-topological polygons are converted to
topological areas. By default, a very small snapping threshold is applied
(1e-13 map units) to avoid topological errors caused by numerical inaccuracy
of the input data format. If the original polygons contain errors (unexpected
overlapping areas or small gaps between polygons), the import might
need to be repeated using a larger snap value.
EXAMPLE
# import SHAPE file at full extent and reproject to current location projection
v.import input=research_area.shp output=research_area extent=input
SEE ALSO
v.in.ogr,
v.proj
AUTHORS
Markus Metz
Improvements: Martin Landa, Anna Petrasova
Last changed: $Date: 2015-01-20 20:52:27 +0100 (Tue, 20 Jan 2015) $