Bulent wrote:
> I have a tab-delimited text (.txt) file and I am experimenting with
> importing points into GRASS (6.5 svn) in Snow Leopard. Here is the
> content of the file:
>
> 675166.97 4450516.81 246 Orhan
> 675135.87 4450516.98 250 Osman
> 675156.68 4450501.48 250 Sehitlik
> 675155.74 4450560.93 243 SaatKulesi
> 675192.48 4450504.39 245 Kuledenilerisi
>
> The first two columns are UTM (zone 36) east and north readings, the
> third is the elevation and the last column is the explanation for
> each point.
>
> In 'v.in.ascii' module, I specified point as the format and typed tab
> (I also tried \t). I left x and y column numbers at default (1 for x,
> 2 for y), I did not specify z or column definition.
>
> Here is the error message i am getting:
> Scanning input for column types...
> Maximum input row length: 9
> Maximum number of columns: 1
> Minimum number of columns: 1
> ERROR: y column number > minimum last column number(incorrect
> field separator?)
>
> * I tried importing this file without decimals at the end of each
> coordinate, and used ' | ' instead of tab as delimiter. The result is
> the same. What am I doing wrong?
fs=tab should work.
To preserve exact formatting, could you attach the sample data
to the email as an attachment?
this looks rather suspicious:
> Maximum input row length: 9
longest row is only 9 characters long? (a single coordinate)
Hamish
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