Re: Function shaperead for octave

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Alain Foehn <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hey,
> Thanks for the info, but the octPROJ is for cartographic projections
> transformations.
> This is also linked with GIS but is completely different. I want to import
> points, lines or polygons into Octave from .shp files.
> Unfortunately, I wouldn't know how to implement the function. However, I
> guess the link http://shapelib.maptools.org/ could of interest.
> Thanks !
> Alain
>
>
>
>
> Le 04.10.2012 15:24, Juan Pablo Carbajal a écrit :
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:46 PM, c. <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 4 Oct 2012, at 11:20, Alain Foehn wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey !
>>>> I would like to know if it is possible to find an equivalent to the
>>>> "shaperead" function of Matlab for Octave ?
>>>> This would be of great help, thanks !
>>>> Alain
>>>
>>> I am not aware of a function that goes by that name in either Octave or
>>> Octave Forge.
>>> What does "shaperead" do? It might be possible to achieve the same
>>> functionality with a differently named function.
>>> c.
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>>
>> Alain,
>>
>> Check the recently updated octPROJ, if it is not there (with another
>> name) is unlikely we have it. This function is for the mapping toolbox
>> (which shuld and will be merged with octPROJ).
>> http://octave.sourceforge.net/octproj/index.html
>>
>> If you have ideas how to implement the function please contact José
>> Luis (maintainer). He is looking for a programming buddy.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>

Hi Alain,

In that case is a perfect feature request to geometry package. Could
you fill in a ticket with all the information you could gather. Thank
you very much!

https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/feature-requests/



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