DESCRIPTION
v.in.gns imports US-NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) country
files (Gazetteer data) into a GRASS vector points map. The country files can be
downloaded from the NGA GNS Web Server (see below). The script
generates a vector point map. Only original files can be processed
(unzip compressed file first).
NOTES
Column names longer that 10 characters are shortened to 10 characters
to meet the DBF column name restrictions.
The current DB connection is used to write the database table.
SEE ALSO
db.connect
REFERENCES
GEOnet Names Server files for
countries and territories
Column names explanations
AUTHOR
Markus Neteler, MPBA Group, ITC-irst
Last changed: $Date: 2005/05/24 16:12:15 $
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