> > That looks just an awk script away from a GRASS vector or raster > > ascii import file. > > Thank you, let me see: > > In Qgis, I can create a new vector layer from... > > - SHP (Esri) > - CATD.DFF > - MIF/TAB Map info Both QGIS and GRASS use OGR from GDAL for loading map formats. see: http://www.gdal.org/ http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html http://www.gdal.org/formats_list.html GDAL/OGR is Free software. Hamish