[GRASSLIST:1137] Re: veg.prod? (fwd)

[Andreas Lange]

Hi Bob,

the coastlines vector file is not viewable.

But for the raster maps you should run "r.support" and answer the
questions. Then the rasters should be viewable in the X window.

cu,

Andreas


bob at math.umn.edu wrote:
> 
> Lars et al.,
> 
> Thanks for the reference.  A nice data set.  Having some trouble with
> v.support in creating the vector map layers, but according to the archived
> emails this (trouble getting the dig_cats integrated) is not unusual.
> 
> Judging from the pixel values in veg.prod, it is probably (but not certainly)
> the Olson carbon data.  It would be nice to have some source references
> included on
> 
>         http://www.geog.uni-hannover.de/grass/data.html
> 
> FYI several of the components of the nice sampler, global_grassdata.tar.gz
> are not actually viewable.  I should say, they are not immediately viewable
> by me.  The 'eco' and 'soil.*' data sets don't appear for me, but give messages
> like
> 
> GRASS:~/grass > d.rast eco
> WARNING: can't read range file for [eco in PERMANENT]
> WARNING: color support for [eco] in mapset [PERMANENT] missing
> Color file for [eco] not availableGRASS:~/grass >
> 
> and similar.  As a set of "test" data for newbies like me to play around with,
> it might be handy to have a small amount of documentation associated.
> 
> Of course, we are talking about free data here, so I should not perhaps be
> too picky.  :^)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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> Sounds as if you may have the "Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Database", authored by J. S. Olson, J. A. Watts, and L. J. Allison.
> 
> See the doc page at:
> http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/ndps/ndp017.html
> 
> Hope it helps,
> Lars Bromley
> Technical Specialist
> American Association for the Advancement of Science
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> 
> >>> <bob at math.umn.edu> 11/14/00 11:47AM >>>
> I've got this very nice "standard" data set, yet can find no references for
> it, description of what the pixels are, and so on.  It looks like a map of
> vegetative productivity, or production of CO2, but these are just guesses.
> 
> What is it?
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> Adios,
> Chris
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> ----- End of forwarded message from Lars Bromley -----
> 
> Adios,
> Chris
> --
> C.S. Cornuelle
> School of Mathematics/MCIM, University of Minnesota
> 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
> (612) 626-8930v, (612) 624-2333f, bob at math.umn.edu
> Ferventer Vestite

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