[GRASSLIST:6154] Re: DEM imports to Grass

[John Doucette]

> If you have no idea regarding the format, posting more details (e.g.
> file names or the URL) might result in someone recognising it.


I am using  the Big_Bald mountain dems for White Pine County, Nevada from
the following link.


http://data.geocomm.com/dem/demdownload.html

which is a part of www.geocomm.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glynn Clements" <glynn.clements at virgin.net>
To: "John Doucette" <doucettj at gbis.com>
Cc: <grasslist at baylor.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [GRASSLIST:6152] DEM imports to Grass


>
> John Doucette wrote:
>
> > I am unsure how to import DEM's into Grass.
>
> It depends upon the format.
>
> > I have been trying to use DEM's from Data Depot for US topomap areas.  I
am
> > trying to use r.in.gdal which (in man pages) says it can import USGS
ascii
> > DEM's or SDTS format. When I try either of these it get an "Unrecognized
> > format" error.  What the heck?
> >
> > I know that I have somehow gotten a DEM into Grass in the past but don't
> > remember how.
> >
> > Can anyone give me a clue?
>
> As well as the formats which GDAL supports, raw binary DEMs (e.g.
> GTOPO30) can be imported with r.in.bin.
>
> If you have no idea regarding the format, posting more details (e.g.
> file names or the URL) might result in someone recognising it.
>
> --
> Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>
>