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Got the job done, thanks for all the pointers.<br><br>Took location info from the readme file included in download (which is different to the online help). Used a lat-long on wgs84 projection.<br><br>Imported via r.in.bin, and again included the details from readme file in bounds tab.<br><br>Strikes me usgs made this a lot more difficult that it needed to be!<br><br>Thanks again,<br>Michael<br><div><br><div dir="ltr">Hi Michael,<div><br></div><div><a href="http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/globdoc2_0.php#dataform" target="_blank">http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/globdoc2_0.php#dataform</a><br></div><div>says that data is in binary flat format, no header...</div>
<div>I suppose that if you download in geographical lat long projection, and that you get the header info from:</div><div><a href="http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/globdoc2_0.php#geog" target="_blank">http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/globdoc2_0.php#geog</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>then you should be able to set a new location from this info and import straight in GRASS with one of the generic binary input function (maybe in r.in.gdal, maybe another more specific.</div>
<div><br></div><div>good luck and tell us how it went,</div><div>Yann</div></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On 14 February 2013 18:02, Michael Spencer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael_spencer@live.co.uk">michael_spencer@live.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi,<br><br>Has anyone used the USGS Global Land Cover Characterization data available here?<br><br><font style="font-size:10pt" face="Tahoma"><a href="http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/globe_int.php" target="_blank">http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/globe_int.php</a><br>
<br><font style="font-size:10pt">Indication is that the file format is Erdas Imagine .img, but GRASS is com<font style="font-size:10pt">ing back with a file type un<font style="font-size:10pt">kn<font style="font-size:10pt">own error. Help/readme file</font></font></font></font></font> suggests data is byte type, which leave<font style="font-size:10pt">s me none the wiser!<br>
<br><font style="font-size:10pt">Happy for any pointers.<br><br><font style="font-size:10pt">Ta,<br><font style="font-size:10pt">Micha<font style="font-size:10pt">el</font></font><br></font>
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