Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Processing/OsVecImport

Timestamp:

Jun 1, 2009, 2:28:14 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

mark1

Comment:

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Processing/OsVecImport

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  `GML2Shape.sh <shapefilesdir> <gmlfilesdir>`
 
-where <shapefilesdir> is a directory path where you want the shape files to go to (they will overwrite any files with the same name - suggest you use an empty directory called shapefiles in the gmlfiles directory) and <gmlfilesdir> is the directory path where the GML vectors have been copied to.
+where <shapefilesdir> is a directory path where you want the shape files to go to (they will overwrite any files with the same name - suggest you use an empty directory called shapefiles in the gmlfiles directory) and <gmlfilesdir> is the directory path where the GML vectors have been copied to. 
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+Although six vector files are created (BoundaryLine, CartographicSymbol, CartographicText, TopographicArea, TopographicLine, TopographicPoint) only the BoundaryLine and TopographicLine seem to contain useful information. 
 
 Once converted, copy the original DVD contents and shapefiles over to the arsf/vectors/from_os/ directory, and create a symlink (named by project code) to the shapefile directory. Also make sure the vector request table on the wiki is updated and the licence expiry date noted.
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