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#* [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2193 dbftools]
#* [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2193 dbftools]
# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2198 Answer 6]:
# [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.freegis/2198 Answer 6]:
#* OO.org Base instead of Calc  (Calc may limit number of rows)
#* OO.org Base instead of Calc  (Calc may limit number of rows). See related [[Openoffice.org with SQL Databases]]
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#*  [http://packages.debian.org/dbview dbview] command line utility for converting to a flat ascii table
#*  [http://packages.debian.org/dbview dbview] command line utility for converting to a flat ascii table

Latest revision as of 09:19, 26 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 5:
  6. Answer 6:
  7. Answer 7:
    • dbview command line utility for converting to a flat ascii table

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