Problems importing USGS DEMs with m.dem.extract

[Eric Buddington]

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On Wed, 24 Jan 1996, Gordon Dewis wrote:

> Hi all...
> 
> I'm having problems importing the following 1:250000 (1 degree) USGS DEMs 
> which I obtained from their FTP site:

...
> 
> Could someone point me in the right direction?

You might try a DEM converter I wrote called r.in.dem. You can get the
code at ftp://detritus.ees.wesleyan.edu/pub/grass. I compiled it on my 
own linux box without problems. If you want, I could also make a copy
of the linux binary available.

-Eric