NAME

v.in.tig.rim - Imports Census Bureau line data (TIGER files) to GRASS vector format.
(GRASS Vector Data Import Program)

SYNOPSIS

v.in.tig.rim
v.in.tig.rim help
v.in.tig.rim dbname=name in1file=name in2file=name zone=value

DESCRIPTION

v.in.tig.rim imports Census line data (called TIGER) and creates a "master" binary vector file containing a large amount of data. Various map layers can then be created by querying information from the master vector file using v.db.rim or one of the Gen. shell scripts listed in the SEE ALSO section, below. The database name (dbname) given on the command line will be the name of the rim data base, and the master vector file in GRASS will be named "dbname.Master". The master vector file will include all information from the type1 and type2 TIGER files given on the command line as in1file and in2file. If the user simply types v.in.tig.rim on the command line, all parameters will be queried using the standard GRASS parser described in the manual entry for parser .

OPTIONS

Parameters:

dbname=name
Vector/rim data name (with a maximum of 7 characters).
in1file=name
TIGER type1 input file name.
in2file=name
TIGER type2 input file name.
zone=value
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone in which these data are located.
Options: -60 - 60

NOTES

TIGER data are presented in latitude/longitude format, and are converted to UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinates as part of this importing routine. The spheroid used in the conversion is clark 66, as it is the most>

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