Inputting DEM data into GRASS

[Katarina Johnsson]

John Miller asks:
>  Let's take one group of files.  They consist of 10201 lines of
>  ascii data, the fields being (separated by spaces):
> 
>  Longitude Latitude Elevation      (as in the following example
> 				    records)
>     146.000  19.500   320
>     146.005  19.500   313
> 
>     The increment in LAT and LONG between data points is 0.005
>     degrees.
> 
>  My question:
> 
>     What is the best way to import this data into a GRASS
>     mapset?   Is my only option to convert the data to a
>     format suitable for r.in.ascii?
> 

John,
You can import the data as sites, using s.in.ascii, and then convert it   
to raster, using one of the options in s.menu. That's how I did it when
I imported DEM data for an area in British Columbia.               

- Katarina

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