[GRASSLIST:8724] Re: Gridding xyz data

[Hamish]

> It seems like such a simple task, but I can't seem to find a module to
> grid xyz files:
> 
> 733235.580 5011799.520 -12.693
> 733236.180 5011799.560 -12.685
> 733239.160 5011799.560 -12.692
> 733235.520 5011800.520 -12.693

If the xyz data is pre-gridded you can go the v.in.ascii + v.to.rast
route as others mentioned (or r.in.ascii); if it isn't you can use
v.surf.rst or v.surf.idw to make a surface. Alternatively you could do
v.to.rast and then r.surf.contour or r.surf.idw. 

In general v.surf.rst does the best job.


Hamish