[GRASS-dev] Have Elevation raster maps always CELL data type

[Hamish]

roberto caselli wrote:
> Is the unit of measurement in meters ?

elevation can be in whatever units you like. Typically they are in meters
but that is not required. You can use r.support to add meta-data info
about what units were used.

> PS: I got the spearfish data set.

the elevation maps supplied with the spearfish dataset are all in meters,
AFAIK.

GRASS> r.info elevation.dem
....
Data Description:
 Elevation above mean sea level in meters for spearfish database


Hamish



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