[GRASSLIST:6892] Re: Arc/Info Binary grid conversion

[Eric Hillmuth]

Yeah its a bit tricky, you can specify the adf file within the 
directory  for input and it works fine.

Michael Kowen wrote:

>Hello everyone, 
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>I am (also) very new to using grass.
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>I am trying to import (to a new location) a DEM from an esri database. 
>The map's current type is an Arc/Info Binary grid (or .adf file).  I
>know that this file type is supported in gdal, and that it can be
>imported to a raster/new location using r.in.gdal -eo and so forth.  My
>problem is that the complete map is actually stored in a structure (of a
>sort) involving 5-6 files.  The documentation for r.in.gdal and its
>interaction with Arc/Info binary grids says that you can specify the
>"coverage directory," but the command does not accept input="dir."  Is
>there some extra option that allows this usage?  What is the best
>technique for importing this type of file?
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>Thanks, 
>
>Michael Kowen
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