1v.in.gns(1)                   Grass User's Manual                  v.in.gns(1)
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NAME

6       v.in.gns  - Imports US-NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) country files into
7       a GRASS vector points map.
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KEYWORDS

10       vector, import, gazetteer
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SYNOPSIS

13       v.in.gns
14       v.in.gns help
15       v.in.gns  file=string    [vect=string]     [--overwrite]    [--verbose]
16       [--quiet]
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18   Flags:
19       --overwrite
20           Allow output files to overwrite existing files
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22       --verbose
23           Verbose module output
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25       --quiet
26           Quiet module output
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28   Parameters:
29       file=string
30           Uncompressed GNS file from NGA (with .txt extension)
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33           Name for output vector map
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DESCRIPTION

36       v.in.gns  imports  US-NGA  GEOnet  Names  Server  (GNS)  country  files
37       (Gazetteer data) into a GRASS vector points map. The country files  can
38       be  downloaded from the NGA GNS Web Server (see below). The script gen‐
39       erates a vector point map. Only original files can be processed  (unzip
40       compressed  file  first). These GNS files are encoded in UTF-8 which is
41       maintained in the GRASS database.
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NOTES

44       The current DB connection is used to write the database table.
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46       Generally, column names longer that 10 characters are shortened  to  10
47       characters to meet the DBF column name restrictions.
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49       To  filter  outliers (points outside of a country), the v.select module
50       can be used to perform point-in-polygon tests. v.select saves only  the
51       GNS points falling into a country polygon into the new points map.
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SEE ALSO

54        db.connect, v.select
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REFERENCES

57       GEOnet Names Server files for countries and territories
58       Column names explanations
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AUTHOR

61       Markus Neteler, MPBA Group, ITC-irst
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63       Last changed: $Date: 2007-07-09 16:05:01 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jul 2007) $
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67       © 2003-2008 GRASS Development Team
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71GRASS 6.3.0                                                        v.in.gns(1)