[GRASS-dev] FW: [GRASS-user] Projection of dataset does not appear to match thecurrent location!!!

[Markus Neteler]

I have added the comment from Glynn to the manual page of r.in.gdal
and in modified form to v.in.ogr.

Markus

On Feb 14, 2008 9:24 PM, Gerald Nelson <gnelson at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> This problem pops up about once a month or maybe more frequently. It seems
> like at a minimum it would be good to edit the error message to say
> something like Glynn responded. Or maybe point the user to a FAQ somewhere.
>
> Jerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grass-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:grass-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Glynn Clements
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:19 PM
> To: Kunal Malik
> Cc: grass-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Projection of dataset does not appear to match
> thecurrent location!!!
>
>
> Kunal Malik wrote:
>
> >  i am Trying to display  one raster image  kept on my harddisk,,
> > I have kept spearfish60 on /usr/local/grassdata so I set Location :
> > spearfish60
> > I have made one user user1 then i set Mapset: user1..
> > then i start grass ,,
> > the n throu command
> > r.in.gdal -e in=nf42.tif out=tm
> > then i am getting the error,.,,
> >
> > Projection of dataset does not  appear to match the current location!!!
> > I have tried the same thru GIS manager,,,
> > file->import->Raster->multiple formats using gdal..
> > I want to know where i am doing wrong..
>
> You need to create a location whose projection matches the data you
> wish to import.
>
> Try using g.proj with the -c flag and the location= and georef=
> options to create a new location based upon the projection information
> in the file.
>
> You should then be able to import the file into that location with
> r.in.gdal. If desired, you can then re-project it to another location
> with r.proj.
>
> --
> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
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