[GRASSLIST:9760] Re:

[David Finlayson]

Hey Brian, wise choice.

When using gdal to import arc grids you need to import the w001001.adf
(the BIG file) file. (Inside the grid folder). Maybe that will fix it.

David

On 1/6/06, Brian Sherrod <bsherrod at ess.washington.edu> wrote:
> I am new to Grass after spending the last 12 years working on an
> infernal Windows machine running Arc and ArcGIS.  I am now running SuSE
> Linux 10.0 on a Dell with an Intel P4, and have Grass 5.0 installed.  I
> installed gdal 1.3.1 from the SuSE 9.3 RPMs posted on the Hannover Grass
> website. My problem is when I try to import lidar data formatted as Arc
> grids.  Grass sends me the following error:
>
> ERROR 4:  '/catfish_sm' does not exist in the file system and is not
> recognised as a supported datset name.
>
> I get the same error when trying to import ascii DEMs (USGS DEMs).
> Anyone have any hints to send me down the correct path?  Wrong
> installation of gdal?? Path not set correctly?? Many thanks ahead of
> time for your help.  Cheers.....Brian Sherrod
> bsherrod at ess.washington.edu
>
>


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