[GRASSLIST:1378] Re: importing ESRI-ARC/INFO BIL into GRASS

[Markus Neteler]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 05:33:58PM +0100, Andreas Lange wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i need to import a ESRI ARC/INFO BIL file into GRASS. 
> I think that this should be possible with r.in.bin, but I have some
> questions:
> I have a hdr file (header data), a blw file (world file), a clr file
> (color table), the bil data file and a file with the extension "stx". 
> What is this file for?
> How can i figure out in which projection the bil file is? The world file
> (*.blw/*.bilw) only has the raster resolution and the coordinates of one
> edge of the raster file. The header file only contains info on the data
> organization of the bil file. 
> 
> I could not find any information on the web on how to interpret the
> values from the stx file. The Gdal library code does not mention the stx
> file too. 

Andreas,

check this page:

http://edcnts12.cr.usgs.gov/ned/appendix2.htm
Bil format documentation 

stx and friends are mentioned. Perhaps r.in.bin can be extended.

Hope this helps,

 Markus Neteler