[GRASS-user] Does GRASS support "KIWI+" data format?

[Maciek Sieczka]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:25:50 +0900
"YAMADA,Yasuharu" <yamaday at affrc.go.jp> wrote:

> Hellow Stephan.
> 
> I am learning KIWI and KIWI+ data format from this monday.
> 
> "KIWI" is basically JIS(Japanese Industrial Standard) No. D0810.
> It's used for the car navigation system's maps in Japan.
> http://kiwi-w.mapmaster.co.jp/index_eng.html
> http://kiwi-w.mapmaster.co.jp/documents_eng.html
> 
> 
> But originally that format was developed at Hyogo, Japan
> since the Hanshin-Awaji great earthquake, which occurred
> about 10 years ago.
> Its format is aimed for the GIS which can handle with
> the time domain and spatial data simultaneously.
> Therefore it is very useful for disaster management,
> such as removing debris from the crashed buildings.
> 
> If GRASS software included time domain and spatial
> data format, it would be epochmaking event.

Grass supports many vector and raster formats via GDAL/OGR
(r.in/out.gdal, v.in/out.ogr). If there is a need for a new format to
be supported, contact the author, Frank Warmerdam. See
http://www.gdal.org/index.html.

Best,
Maciek

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