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== Some ML-Threads ==
 
== Some ML-Threads ==
  
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21672/ Is there a simple way to join some attribute data in a comma separated text file to an existing GRASS vector map?]The data in the CSV file does not have any coordinates but a primary key field that also exists in the polygon map it needs to be joined to.
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=== [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21672/ Is there a simple way to join some attribute data in a comma separated text file to an existing GRASS vector map?] ===
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## [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21674 Answer 1]:
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The data in the CSV file does not have any coordinates but a primary key field that also exists in the polygon map it needs to be joined to.
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##*  use rdbms as data backend (including for the map you want the data to be connected to)
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21674 Answer 1]:
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##*  db.in.ogr
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#*  use rdbms as data backend (including for the map you want the data to be connected to)
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##*  create view combining map attribute table with new table from csv-file (using key)
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#*  db.in.ogr
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##*  v.db.connect -o map table=NewView
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#*  create view combining map attribute table with new table from csv-file (using key)
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## [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21688 Answer 2]:  
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#*  v.db.connect -o map table=NewView
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##* install SQLite (it does not need setup but works out of the box)
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21688 Answer 2]:  
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##* set the DBMI settings with db.connect (see manual page for copy-paste example)
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#* install SQLite (it does not need setup but works out of the box)
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##* use v.db.join
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#* set the DBMI settings with db.connect (see manual page for copy-paste example)
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##* use g.copy or db.copy to easily transform from DBF (or whatever to SQLite).
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#* use v.db.join
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## [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21674 Answer 3]:
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#* use g.copy or db.copy to easily transform from DBF (or whatever to SQLite).
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##*  identify names and types of columns in csv file
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21674 Answer 3]:
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##*  v.db.addcol the relevant columns
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#*  identify names and types of columns in csv file
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##*  for each line in csv file: v.db.update
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#*  v.db.addcol the relevant columns
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2193 Is there a tool which can convert a dBase file into a ASCII or CSV file?]
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#*  for each line in csv file: v.db.update
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## [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2193 Answer 1]:
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=== [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2193 Is there a tool which can convert a dBase file into a ASCII or CSV file?] ===
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##* Freeware tool from a German website: [WinDBF32 Datenbank Editor http://www.buchenwald.de/software/index.html]
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2193 Answer 1]:
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## [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2194 Answer 2]:
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#* Freeware tool from a German website: [WinDBF32 Datenbank Editor http://www.buchenwald.de/software/index.html]
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##* ogr2ogr -f CSV output world.shp world
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2194 Answer 2]:
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##  [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2195 Answer 3]:
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#* ogr2ogr -f CSV output world.shp world
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##*  db.out.ogr  
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#  [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2195 Answer 3]:
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## [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2198 Answer 4]:
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#*  db.out.ogr  
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##* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xdb/ xbase ]
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2198 Answer 4]:
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##* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbf/ dbf]
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#* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xdb/ xbase ]
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## [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2204 Answer 4]:
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#* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbf/ dbf]
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##* [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2193 dbftools]
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2204 Answer 4]:
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## [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2198 Answer 5]:
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#* [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2193 dbftools]
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##* OO.org Base instead of Calc
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2198 Answer 5]:
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# [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21244/focus=21248s Is it safe to edit the DBF-table outside of GRASS in another program? For instance in OpenOfficeCalc? Or even as a CSV with Python, IDL, etc.?]
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#* OO.org Base instead of Calc
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=== [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21244/focus=21248 Is it safe to edit the DBF-table outside of GRASS in another program? ===
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##* Yes. You can actually create whatever dbf you want, wherever you want as long as it contains a column with the id's of the objects. Then you can connnect your vector map to this dbf with v.db.connect.
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For instance in OpenOfficeCalc? Or even as a CSV with Python, IDL, etc.?] ===
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21248 Answer]:
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#* Yes. You can actually create whatever dbf you want, wherever you want as long as it contains a column with the id's of the objects. Then you can connnect your vector map to this dbf with v.db.connect.
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=== [I need to do some calculations on my attribute tables. What is the corresponding command in GRASS for this?] ===
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# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21248 Answer]:
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#* v.db.addcol
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#* v.db.update

Revision as of 14:51, 25 February 2008

Some ML-Threads

Is there a simple way to join some attribute data in a comma separated text file to an existing GRASS vector map?

The data in the CSV file does not have any coordinates but a primary key field that also exists in the polygon map it needs to be joined to.

  1. Answer 1:
    • use rdbms as data backend (including for the map you want the data to be connected to)
    • db.in.ogr
    • create view combining map attribute table with new table from csv-file (using key)
    • v.db.connect -o map table=NewView
  2. Answer 2:
    • install SQLite (it does not need setup but works out of the box)
    • set the DBMI settings with db.connect (see manual page for copy-paste example)
    • use v.db.join
    • use g.copy or db.copy to easily transform from DBF (or whatever to SQLite).
  3. Answer 3:
    • identify names and types of columns in csv file
    • v.db.addcol the relevant columns
    • for each line in csv file: v.db.update

Is there a tool which can convert a dBase file into a ASCII or CSV file?

  1. Answer 1:
  2. Answer 2:
    • ogr2ogr -f CSV output world.shp world
  3. Answer 3:
    • db.out.ogr
  4. Answer 4:
  5. Answer 4:
  6. Answer 5:
    • OO.org Base instead of Calc

[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.grass.user/21244/focus=21248 Is it safe to edit the DBF-table outside of GRASS in another program?

For instance in OpenOfficeCalc? Or even as a CSV with Python, IDL, etc.?] ===

  1. Answer:
    • Yes. You can actually create whatever dbf you want, wherever you want as long as it contains a column with the id's of the objects. Then you can connnect your vector map to this dbf with v.db.connect.

[I need to do some calculations on my attribute tables. What is the corresponding command in GRASS for this?]

  1. Answer:
    • v.db.addcol
    • v.db.update
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