GRASS4.0 to Arc/Info 6.1 - How?

[Jim Gasprich]

Yes, Virginia, there is a way from GRASS to ARC. It's a bit
strange (as well as being documented in an obscure ARC appendix), 
but here's a repost of the way we do the unthinkable:


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According to our ARC guru and GRID master, JohnnyB (Dog Jones), the method is  
follows:

      1) type this: setenv GISDBASE <GRASS database path>

      2) either move (mv) or eliminate the GRASS color tables

      3) make sure the GRASS raster file does not contain periods (.) in 
         the name 

      4) cd into the ARC workspace

      5) fire up ARC

      6) type in the ARC command: 
         imagegrid <locationname:mapsetname:rastername> <gridname>

      7) then you'll have to make a new shade file in ARC

Confusing ?? Well, that's ARC/INFO for you (heh,heh). I think that they 
refuse to recognize GRASS as a *REAL* GIS package.

Questions can be directed back to me, and I'll consult the Dog master/Arc boy.

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It should also be mentioned that this method will *NOT* work with reclass
files. Just resample to make it work.

Enjoy,
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Jim Gasprich				e-mail: jimg at ocean.rutgers.edu
Research & Support Slave		tel:    (908) 932-9631
Cook College Remote Sensing Center	fax:    (908) 932-8644
Dept of Natural Resources
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ, O8903  	"Du bist mein Gweckman" - Anonymous Fascist
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